Post Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:43 pm

Charles de Lauzirika wrote:
ridleynoir wrote:This fills in a lot of the blanks that usually take multiple viewings to put together in the film.


I think blanks are a good thing. I think multiple viewings are a good thing. Trying to spoon feed the audience is exactly what got Blade Runner into trouble in the first place by way of the voice over. I find the film to be an endlessly fascinating puzzle. To hand over a cheat sheet for solving that puzzle immediately diminishes its greatness, in my opinion. I wonder how short the film's afterlife would have been if it left you with no questions as you were leaving the theater.


I agree. Look at this site, for example. Look at all the discussions going on here and how long we've been talking about this movie. If everything was closed up and switched together nicely then there would be nothing left to the imagination.
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