Neon City...mmmmm.

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 1999)

Blade Runner definitely caused a real Neon Big Bang when it came out. It would be ridiculous to say that it is solely responsible for the now-well-known phenomenon it created - one need only look at the works of Moebius, and indeed Gibson's early work - but it is the main mover of one of the most haunting image to come from the 1980s...cyberpunk. It would be difficult to find another film that created a whole new genre in sf...It would also be difficult to find an sf movie that seems to be coming true. In my home town of Sydney, the Asian neon burning at night is starting to become more and more familiar... In addition, Blade Runner is excellent on the purely movie level. The sometimes brilliant acting is bolstered by an altogether enigmatic edge to the imagery and music, of the kind seen in Space Odyssey. In short, Blade Runner is fantastic.