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The device used to explore these themes is the genetically engineered humanoid life-form, the godlike status of its creator and the morally compromised nature of the ordinary human. A simple Welshman like myself would for the purpose of a review rather scratch the surface and say that the imagery and dialogue associated with what defines a sentient being and what makes us human is compellingly portrayed. If you want to know more about the philosophical themes in significant depth, I suggest you google 'Blade Runner Themes and Motifs'. It moves deliberately slow, allowing you to take in all the sights and sounds of 2019 Los Angeles (as imagined in 1982), whilst pondering some of the themes it presents. The plot follows Deckard as he hunts replicants, falls in love and questions his own humanity. I love Blade Runner for it's visual beauty, themes and how it mixes two of my favourite movie genres: noir and sci-fi. Rick Deckard is given an assignment to 'retire' several biologically engineered fugitives. Favorite films: /list/mkjOKvqlSBs/ Lesser-Known Masterpieces: /list/ls070242495/

Its slow, brooding quality will perhaps leave some modern audiences who are used to a different pace and more action underwhelmed - but make no mistake: this is a groundbreaking masterwork of its genre and a timeles classic. And although it looks so distractingly gorgeous that even today there are people who still dismiss it as superficial and mere "eye candy", it is a philosphically deep film that ponders existential questions about the nature of being human.

It's hard to overstate how influential the film was it invented the sci-fi subgenre now known as "cyberpunk", and it was also the first "film noir" in a sci-fi setting. Dick's post-apocalyptic bounty hunter story 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' is a visionary work of art it's a dystopian masterpiece and I'd personally call it as much a milestone of science fiction as Kubrick's '2001' (and be advised to watch the version known as the "final cut" if you want to catch 'Blade Runner' as it was intended by its director). With a haunting musical score by Vangelis that adds a hypnotic quality to those breathtaking megacity landscapes of future Los Angeles.