Having seen this film for the first time ten years ago at The Odyssey, it’s a true pleasure to see it return once again to our big screen!
This definitive edition of Ridley Scott’s timeless sci-fi dystopia inspired a generation of filmmakers and defined the ‘cyberpunk’ genre. It’s also the first film that made me deeply interested in the mechanics of filmmaking, in addition to a breadth of philosophical questions – what does it mean to be a human? What truly separates us from machines that can think, talk, and even look like us? These questions have only become more significant since Blade Runner first released in 1982, and its presentation of them is both prescient and profound.
Having spawned a Denis Villeneuve-directed sequel of near-comparable excellence, and with a new miniseries Blade Runner 2099 currently in post-production, there’s never been a better time to revisit this all-time classic, counted by Sight and Sound, IMDb and Empire as amongst the greatest films of all time.
