Blade Runner: Theatrical Cut

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2011)

This gorgeous Ridley Scott original is a science fiction tone poem with an introductory taste of the visual mastery soon to come out of this fine arts trained filmmaker's POV. I don't think that I have ever seen a more authentic work of art on film. He ushered in a new genre of science fiction film noir with this film as well as with 'Alien', both characterized by a new formulation of visual atmospherics that was dubbed "psychoytronic". Blade Runner: Theatrical Cut; 1982.
Xtra: Ridley On History I have liked Ridley Scott since Blade Runner and I remember him saying that he liked to "reimagine" history wherever there were gaps in the historic record or in the story myth (as in the case with Robin Hood). He did it admirably in 'Kingdom of Heaven', in '1492: Conquest of Paradise' and most notably in 'Gladiator'. Ridley likes history but he's not timid about filling in gaps on the storyboard with his own imagination. I don't mind and I especially liked Robin Hood because of it.