TY - JOUR
T1 - Mirrors for the Human Condition
AU - Shanahan, Timothy
N1 - Shanahan, T. (2018). Mirrors for the Human Condition. In L. Tambone J. Bongiorno (Eds.), The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe (pp. 143–160). Sequart Organization.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Blade Runner is justifiably celebrated as a seminal cinematic achievement due to its remarkable visual density, haunting soundtrack, and novel melding of film noir, science fiction, and cyberpunk genres and motifs. It is also a deeply thought provoking film. How did Los Angeles circa 2019 descend into such a sorry state of urban decay? What's up with those amazing artificial animals? Why does Roy Batty save Deckard in that famous rooftop scene? What will become of Deckard and Rachael as fugitives from the law? Is Deckard himself really a replicant as many viewers believe? As Roy Barry says to Chew a one point, "Yes, questions..."
AB - Blade Runner is justifiably celebrated as a seminal cinematic achievement due to its remarkable visual density, haunting soundtrack, and novel melding of film noir, science fiction, and cyberpunk genres and motifs. It is also a deeply thought provoking film. How did Los Angeles circa 2019 descend into such a sorry state of urban decay? What's up with those amazing artificial animals? Why does Roy Batty save Deckard in that famous rooftop scene? What will become of Deckard and Rachael as fugitives from the law? Is Deckard himself really a replicant as many viewers believe? As Roy Barry says to Chew a one point, "Yes, questions..."
UR - https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/phil_fac/283
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SP - 143
EP - 160
JO - The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe
JF - The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe
ER -