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What films fit with the Blade Runner "vision"?
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Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:37 pmby Kaneda
That is, what kind of films are out there that you could see easily fitting in with BR in terms of atmosphere, storyline, etc. My picks:
RoboCop (heavily influenced by BR)
-Industrialization and the early stages of robotics and cybernetics easily make this film almost a sort of companion film to BR. Not only that, but it also covers the question of humanity.
Alien, Aliens
-This one's almost a given. Colonies, robotics, and man trying to control nature. And if that doesn't get you, a shady organization with questionable ethics seem to be the cause of all the problems.
There's plenty of others, but I want to hear everyone else's thoughts.
A few picks
Posted:
Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:21 amby bishop-to-king7
Definites:
Akira
Natural City (Korean)
Ghost in the Shell
THX 1138
The Thirteenth Floor
Imposter
Solaris
iffy:
Dark City
Soldier (some consider BR2, I don't) terrible movie
Strange Days
Heavy Metal (Harry Canyon sequence)
The Fifth Element
2001
2010
Brazil
A.I.
Nothing really hits all the marks for me like blade runner did. I think the biggest factors in relating to BR is the atmosphere and human/replicant issues. BR can be as superficial and as deep as you want to make it. Ya just gotta love this flick. So many "future" movies miss the boat by creating such a refined future. BR's charm and uniqueness was in its used and familar future setting.
Re: A few picks
Posted:
Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:12 amby BR796164
bishop-to-king7 wrote:Ghost in the Machine
"Shell"
Posted:
Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:29 pmby ammacinn
What about Lars von Trier's THE ELEMENT OF CRIME?
They don't really "fit," but Shinya Tsukamoto's TETSUO films would probably please anyone who liked BLADE RUNNER. The first one is more out-of-control... There is a sort of man-machine theme in them, but not quite of the BR or Phildickian sort...
Did someone mention BRAZIL yet? Somehow the two films are indelibly linked in my head... perhaps just a coincidence of the time of their release, since they're dissimilar.
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Posted:
Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:59 amby BR796164
Brazil's message is different, but yes, they have remotely similar feeling.
How about immortel (ad vitam) fr.
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:14 pmby bishop-to-king7
How about immortel (ad vitam) fr.
I just finished watching this film. Story was fragmented, not cohesive enough for me, but touched on human, mutant, alien, god prejudices among one another. It definitely had a BR cityscape/atomosphere. I liked it from that vantage point, but it must be a european thing...I couldn't connect to it.
Any one see this one and have an opinion on it?
spirit of nikopol.
Posted:
Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:27 amby LemmyCaution6
random order
Akira
K?kaku kid?tai (Ghost in the Shell)
Dark City
Soylent Green
Logan?s Run
Alphaville, une etrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (by story)
Metropolis (from 1927) (by "cinematography")
Welt am Draht
The Thirteenth Floor
Escape from New York (by movie-experience somehow)
Posted:
Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:43 pmby photek
Le Dernier Combat (Luc Besson)
Posted:
Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:04 amby Eli Booker
Ya know, a film I always thought visually was like a prequel to BR was BLACK RAIN. It's not even close thematically or the inherant cheese factor - buddy cop 80's flick stuff. But the film, visually, certainly has a touch of blade runner. I'm sure Ridley Scott decided that going in.
Njc-----------------
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Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:04 amby amuck runner
The 80's film Mishima- A Life in Four Chapters, These are my 2 favorite films. The replicants "dying at the peak of their beauty". The argument that if the body, the human body be considered a canvas or work of art, cannot be preserved forever.
Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:44 amby Roy WM
Casablanca
Not a science fiction film, but it works in a lot of ways like Blade Runner, only in reverse. The movie develops with Rick becoming more human, and that he and Victor share common goals. I feel Deckard in Blade Runner become less human as the movie progresses and also realizes he isn't as diffferent from those he's opposed to as he thought.
Batman Begins
Is it just me or does downtown Gotham look a helluva like future LA? The train touring the ciy could be modeled after the spinner tour in the beginning of Blade Runner. The main hero of the film seems to rise up against his former master in a similar way the replicants did with Tyrell.
Even the new batmobile looks like a spinner (just a playful observation). Both movies are very dark as well.
Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:10 amby The Abyss Gazes Also
Roy WM wrote:Batman Begins
Is it just me or does downtown Gotham look a helluva like future LA?
From what I've read 'round the net, this was no accident. Reportedly, director Christopher Nolan had a screening of
Blade Runner for the
Batman Begins crew.
If you look at aspects of the Arkham Asylum lobby scenes, you'll see stylistic similarities with the Bradbury Apartments interiors of
Blade Runner. Also, when Batman drops his grappling hook gun, you'll see that not only does it resemble a Blade Runner blaster, but the shot looks almost identical to the shot of Deckard's blaster landing on the floor after being dropped during his climb.
I thought Nolan was truly paying homage to
Blade Runner, rather than simply ripping it off like so many other films.
Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:24 amby THX1138
The Abyss Gazes Also wrote:Roy WM wrote:Batman Begins
Is it just me or does downtown Gotham look a helluva like future LA?
From what I've read 'round the net, this was no accident. Reportedly, director Christopher Nolan had a screening of
Blade Runner for the
Batman Begins crew.
If you look at aspects of the Arkham Asylum lobby scenes, you'll see stylistic similarities with the Bradbury Apartments interiors of
Blade Runner. Also, when Batman drops his grappling hook gun, you'll see that not only does it resemble a Blade Runner blaster, but the shot looks almost identical to the shot of Deckard's blaster landing on the floor after being dropped during his climb.
I thought Nolan was truly paying homage to
Blade Runner, rather than simply ripping it off like so many other films.
Yes, he sure did draw inspiration from Blade Runner.
Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:45 amby Centauro
Off topic/
LemmyCaution6 wrote:Alphaville, une etrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (by story)
Funniest fight scene ever.
I like that film a lot. Alpha's voice is something that meakes me uneasy, a sound that you can't easily forget .
Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:47 amby Roy WM
The Abyss Gazes Also wrote:From what I've read 'round the net, this was no accident. Reportedly, director Christopher Nolan had a screening of Blade Runner for the Batman Begins crew
Indeed, I found that off IMDb quite some time ago. Great to see an action film other than science fiction pay tribute to the movie.