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     Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.93.30.31 |
I caught a big screen projection of Blade Runner Final Cut tonight. It was a digital projection on the biggest screen in Copenhagen. It looked amazing. I hadn't realized how much detail had been lost on the old print. There was so much more detail and depth in the cityscapes. Crisp pictures! It was really beautiful. There is not one ugly frame in this film. It might also be the best lit movie ever. Gorgeous. The final director's cut, as far as I could tell, only had a few extended moments of existing scenes, with some lingering on violence which was probably originally cut by censors. This film still holds up beautifully. Despite its pessimistic outlook, I couldn't help but think tonight how much optimism this film displays as regards to human advancement- I guess Dick and Scott and Peoples didn't factor in that we would spend so much energy on wars that the technology suggested here would probably be centuries away and not just 30 years in the future...The theatre was pretty full and there were pictures of Harrison Ford everywhere :-) Also I can't imagine a film today lingering as long as this one does- fantastic mood. Thank God that there is no voice-over. And what a strange score- fully remastered, every detail perfect and distinct in the mix. I couldn't imagine another score. I am still blown away by Sebastian's home and his toys and how gothic the ending is. There is one script change, a word, I believe when Hauer meets his maker. The word 'fu&%er' has been changed to 'Father'- or am I remembering it wrong? This film is always inspiring, and makes you want to make pictures straight away. It was no less inspiring tonight. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
One of the best films ever made, IMHO. Although, I'm one of the few who actually prefers the voice-over. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
Harrison Ford is an excellent charismatic actor. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 85.158.137.195 |
I can never make my mind up about this film's versions; I love both the voice-over and the non-voiceover versions. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
has that been the gag all along? Blade Runner and cuts? Is that why there are so many cuts? For a gag? | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.156.110.243 |
Coming soon from New Labour: 'Blade Runner: the Final Reform'. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.93.30.31 |
Spindiana Bones and the Temple of the crystal Hull. | ||
| John (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.4.67 |
You're spot on about the change between 'father' and 'fucker', Karim. I believe Rutger Hauer delivered both during filming and they went with 'fucker' for the original. As for their reasons for changing it back, I have no idea. Itt makes what was implicit in that scene very explicit! (as does the additional head-crunching gore...) | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.93.30.31 |
Thanks for clearing that up John. I wasn't sure if I was remembering this wrong. And the head crunching was more explicit right. Mick allegedly Ford and Scott purposly tried to do a bad recording of the VO because they were resisting the studio's wishes. You know I find VO problematic in films, but there are of course amazing examples of great VO's- Like in 'Romeo Is Bleeding' comes to mind just now. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
I liked the VO at the time. I thought it made it feel like a Bogart movie, a Chandler, and had a bit of poetry to it that the world lacked. It sort of felt elegaic. Sad to hear it was so sniffed at. The eye-squishing scene was put back in because they did want to show that his eyes were indeed going, that this was a significant moment. | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.236.164.76 |
I've seen all the versions and recuts of "Blade Runner" and it hasn't made me like it anymore than I did the first time: No matter how hard I try to get it, I've found it a sluggish, stiff and boring movie. It's surely a great production design, but it just seems empty to me. I'm sooooo alienated from my generation! Tony, have you changed your e-mail address? I've been sending you notifications of my blog posts at http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/ but they've been coming back--and the rest of you are invited to subscribe, either through me or on Blogger. Cheers! |