Dangerous Days - The Documentary (*spoilers*thanks*opinions)
Thank you so much Charles for this amazing documentary!!
I'm still in shock.
And I didn't even watch it properly. Maybe I never will, because the need to slo-mo and freeze-frame is overwhelming all the time!
So I finally got my hands on the 2-disc version for starters and just wanted to skip (in 300 frame chunks via VLC-player) through the documentary.
It was impossible to do so.
Because right at the beginning there's this montage of imagery I couldn't believe my eyes:
A tracking shot from the Esper to the piano, a reflection of Holden in Leon's eye, a fly (!) on Leon's face, etc. etc.
All happened so fast (right at the beginning you're teasing us 'knowledgable' fans, Charles? ) I had to rewind and marvel with joy!!
Somewhere else (I think it was the fabulous review over at The Digital Bits) they said all these film cans had been marked for disposal since the late eighties.
Charles, thanks for saving and going through all this material and presenting it in such unique, ambitous, meticulous and beautiful ways!
If one looks at all the (revisionist) documentaries out there it is all the more obvious that you did the world of cinema history, the Blade Runner fans (and yourself ) an invaluable service!
If anybody wants to discuss things they've seen in the documentary or just for tuning in and thanking Charles for this towering achievement, this labour of love, I hope this is the thread to do so!
Have a better one,
Martin