Blade Runner (1982) | The Film Index

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Blade Runner

Country: United States
Release: 25 JUN 1982
Runtime: 118 min
Original Language: English

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In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

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Blade Runner remains the definitive cinematic text of the cyberpunk subgenre. It synthesized classical film noir tropes with a hyper-capitalist, dystopian futurism. By executing its staggering visual density entirely through analog techniques, it represents a zenith of practical science fiction. The narrative's deployment of the empathy test operates as a profound scholarly inquiry into bioethics and the philosophical boundaries of human empathy.

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