Bladerunner at Cambridge arts picturehouse 5/4/2015

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2015)

There are enough reviews of this film without me bothering to go over the whole thing again, if u enjoy the film then u get it if u don't then its not for you and thats fine. I went to see blade runner in 1982 when it first came out and again 10 years later with the release of the directors cut, on both occasions i came away from the cinema just stunned at the brilliance and beauty of the film,i have of course viewed it many times since on VHS DVD and blue ray, but now 33 years after its first release the B.F.I had given me the chance to see it again on the big screen with a nationwide release of the final cut, 33 years, would it still be able to astound or with all the cgi and advances made would it look just a bit weary?.I didn't want to go to a multiplex to see it i wanted something intimate and atmospheric, luckily i live not far from Cambridge and i booked my ticket for 5 April 8.30 pm at the arts picture house ,it has several cinema rooms each of which house around 200 seats, it was a sell out, some young some middle aged all noisy until the adds and trailers stopped and then the instant the green tree logo appeared with the runrunshaw name ,silence not a sound,the crackle of anticipation was palpable,this is the most attentive and well behaved cinema audience i have ever been in, it was absolutely clear the audience were serious devotees of the film or at least serious about films and paid the showing the respect it deserved, the hades landscape came into view i was hypnotized,after what seemed like 5 minutes we were at the tears in rain scene and the elevator doors slammed shut.The credits rolled and no one moved, about 2 minutes passed before some people did start to leave, half the audience didn't leave until the credits were done and the lights came up, it was great to partake this experience with people who also care about the film, and to find yes it still is every bit as good as the day i first saw it and that it looks BETTER than cgi blockbusters because of the indefinable real quality from something that has actually been built rather than programmed into a computer graphic animation, a great experience, if u have not seen this film on the big screen take this chance to do it, not many films get released 3 times to a national audience this will probably be the last time .