Ridley, the master visualist

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2011)

This film is a visual masterpiece, the haunting city scape's and decrepit buildings are incredibly realistic.This is shocking considering the movie was made in 1982. Ridley is truly a master visualist and his work is beautifully complimented by the expert photography of Jordan Cronnenweth.It is a bleak look into the future, but what scares me most is how believable it is. Ridley takes everything into consideration down to the finest details and provides a interesting view of the street culture in the year 2019 which doesn't stray too far from some neo lit cities of the present.The movie practically invented the sci fi noir genre and if not the first of its kind ,surely the most dazzling.The action scenes are intermittent which adds to the authenticity of the events and juxtaposes the formulaic explosive sci fi action films of recent times.The Film also raises deep philosophical questions about the human condition and stays true to the central themes of Philip K Dicks novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep".The cohesion between Dicks writing and Ridley's visual craftsmanship has spawned a cinematic masterpiece.This movie is almost 30 years old and has not dated one bit,let that be a lesson to all those who think CG is the way forward.If practical special effects are able to create results that this movie has displayed, i say we should consider reverting to those techniques once again.Go watch it!!!