Blade Runner Flashcards
Context
1980s America
- technophobic
- multinational corporation expansion
- America’s capitalism and consumerism
- threat of communism - presence of the eastern culture
- Cold War tensions - threat of nuclear warfare. Advancing technology for purposes of weaponry.
Juxtaposition of artificial v natural
“Of course it is”
Tyrell’s characterisation
“Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. More human than human is our motto”
“And a hundred baby spiders came out. And they ate her”
Voight Kampff test - Leon
Cool blue lighting, air filled with smoke, quick interactions, eye motif
Deckard’s characterisation
“How can it not know what it is?”
Tension between past, present and future
Retrofitted, noir future. Technological advancements v societal decay
Euphemism “Retire”
“Goddamn one-man slaughterhouse”
Mise-en-scene Zhora’s death
Harsh neon lights, mannequins in lingerie, lifeless against shattered glass
Roy Batty’s death
Backlighting, close-up shot, rain + “all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die”
Tyrell corporation characterisation
Tyrell Corp framed by warm glowing light encircling like a halo.
Polluted cityscape, destruction, darkness contrasted against the opulence of the pyramid building
Gender imbalance
Zhora And Pris’s death scenes
