One of my favorite Sci-Fi Flicks...Blade Runner

[meekon5]

...IMHDO, was the one with Harrison Ford's over dub more or less narrating the movie as it progressed, his narration was totally unnecessary...

Here we are going to have to agree to disagree, I thought it brought out the "Film Noir" aspect a lot better.

I order the boxed set of all five (six) versions of the film six months before it was relaesed just to get my hands on the version that Ford narrates. i loved it in the cinema then couldn't get a (good) version of it for over twenty years.

[meekon5]

And talking of dystopian visions.Any one seen Brazil (Terry Gilliam)?

Only if you get the boxed set that includes the European release. Again Gilliam fell out with his producers who took the film off him and released a "nicer" ending version in the  US becuase they believed thats what the US wanted.

A fantatic piece of work though, especially when he's in the office in the basment fighting his nieghbour for the dek they share through the wall.

and all that retor fifties future tech that the film is littered with.

Gilliam has to be one of my favourite directors.

[DigitalBuddha]

...IMHDO, was the one with Harrison Ford's over dub more or less narrating the movie as it progressed, his narration was totally unnecessary...

Here we are going to have to agree to disagree, I thought it brought out the "Film Noir" aspect a lot better.

I order the boxed set of all five (six) versions of the film six months before it was relaesed just to get my hands on the version that Ford narrates. i loved it in the cinema then couldn't get a (good) version of it for over twenty years.

So was the narration version the "original" version given that it was the cinema release? Can't remember where I got it from, but I had the narration version on VHS and remember thinking that it sounded like a 1940's narration of a radio drama detective story like "Johnny Dollar."

My only reason for not liking it (and it was a minor point for me) was sort of the same affect you get if an actor looks into the camera and says something; it takes away from the realism of the movie, and in other words, it's like too much music, it becomes a distraction. Although Harrison Ford's narration in and of itself is very good.

[milnie]

I thought the narrative was more like an inner monologue rather than trying to explain the story

[DigitalBuddha]

I thought the narrative was more like an inner monologue rather than trying to explain the story

True, it sounded like he was more or less telling you about himself. The best line, IMHO, was when Deckard says "my wife calls me cold sushi." Classic line!

Check out........



Blade Runner's Original Ending: Yes, Deckard's A Replicant - http://io9.com/5181048/blade-runners-original-ending-yes-deckards-a-replicant

[milnie]

i always through he was one. the obsessing over the recent history made me think that.