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* BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

Near the opening of the 20th century stands Fritz Lang's Metropolis; near its close is Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. The state of things in the first big city of cinema, Metropolis, is prerevolution; the state of things in the last big city of cinema, Blade Runner, is post-revolution. The mind and body of Blade Runner's hero, Deckard (Harrison Ford), are, like the sprawl he lives in, completely exhausted. He barely has enough energy to keep his eyes open. The revolution happened a long time ago, it ...

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