ISP Week 20 Notes: Less Narrative- Deckard’s moral motivations not clear. Open ending narrative- Not a concluded ending for Deckard. Social/political/historical Commentary- Social commentary predicted how LA is becoming more like the film. Subtle underlying political context about slaves and post Vietnam war/cold war USA and fear of technology. Historical context about post Vietnam andContinue reading “ISP Week 20: Blade Runner/New Hollywood essay”
Category Archives: Blade runner
Blade Runner Context- documentary notes
Blade Runner Contexts: ‘On the edge of blade runner’ – documentary P.K Dick ‘Do androids dream of electric sheep?’ Source material- Nazi diary ‘The screens of children…’ Hampton Francher- script 1st draft- $9 million interior set 7 month re-write (final $49 million budget) Michael Deeley- producer David Peoples- 2nd writer Harrison Ford ‘Indianan Jones’- bigContinue reading “Blade Runner Context- documentary notes”
ISP Week 19: New Hollywood
New Hollywood 1960-1980/1990 European influence Experimental style Less emphasis on narrative- lack of expert exposition/ open endings Problematic protagonist- morality/ motivation Film school TV influences Teen marketing Age restrictions- more sex and violence- given ratings High concept film Escapism and social/political commentary European influence: 50s and 60s: Italian- Neo realism – Rosselini and Bazin FrenchContinue reading “ISP Week 19: New Hollywood”
Emma Coe Film Studies 