The Blade Runner Experience : : The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic / / ed. by Will Brooker.

Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 6 b&w
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
EDITOR'S NOTE --
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --
INTRODUCTION: 2019 VISION --
THE BLADE RUNNER EXPERIENCE: PILGRIMAGE AND LIMINAL SPACE --
POST-MILLENNIUM BLADE RUNNER --
SECTION 1: THE CINEMA OF PHILIP K. DICK --
REEL TOADS AND IMAGINARY CITIES: PHILIP K. DICK, BLADE RUNNER AND THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE --
REDEMPTION, 'RACE', RELIGION, REALITY AND THE FAR-RIGHT: SCIENCE FICTION FILM ADAPTATIONS OF PHILIP K. DICK --
SECTION 2: PLAYING BLADE RUNNER --
REPLICATING THE BLADE RUNNER --
IMPLANTED MEMORIES, OR THE ILLUSION OF FREE ACTION --
SECTION 3: FANS --
SCANNING THE REPLICANT TEXT --
ACADEMIC TEXTUAL POACHERS: BLADE RUNNER AS CULT CANONICAL MOVIE --
ORIGINALS AND COPIES: THE FANS OF PHILIP K. DICK, BLADE RUNNER AND K. W. JETER --
SECTION 4: IDENTITIES --
THE RACHEL PAPERS: IN SEARCH OF BLADE RUNNER'S FEMME FATALE --
PURGE! CLASS PATHOLOGY IN BLADE RUNNER --
POSTMODERN ROMANCE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF (DE)CENTRING THE SELF --
SECTION 5: THE CITY --
FALSE LA: BLADE RUNNER AND THE NIGHTMARE CITY --
IMAGINING THE REAL: BLADE RUNNER AND DISCOURSES ON THE POSTMETROPOLIS --
FILMOGRAPHY --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
Summary:Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes. It investigates Blade Runner online fandom and asks how the film's future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231501798
9783110442472
DOI:10.7312/broo476431
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Will Brooker.