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Article: Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner.
- Article from:
- Utopian Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Society for Utopian Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Paul M. Sammon. NY: Harper Prism, 1996. xix + 441 pp. $14.00.
The book cover calls this, "The fascinating story behind the most influential SF film ever made," and it is indeed a chronological account of the making of the film, with lots of photographs and inside information, with chapter titles like "The Director and The Deal," "Script Wars," "`Blood Runner': Friction on the Set," "Voice-Overs, San Diego, and a New Happy Ending"--in short everything you wanted to know about the film of Philip K. Dick's Blade Runner. There is lots of anecdotal material, but little analysis--although I don't mean this as a criticism, but as a simple warning. (For a sampling of more ...
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