Product Description

Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is now widely recognised as a
masterwork of science fiction cinema, and one of the most influential of
any films released in the last twenty-five years.

In Studying Blade Runner, Sean Redmond uses the key concepts of Media and
Film Studies - Film Language, Representation, Institutions and Audiences -
to explore the many significances of the film:

Its breakthrough use of special effects as a narrative tool
The film's revolutionary representation of the future city
Its treatment of racial and sexual politics
Its unique status as a text whose meaning was fundamentally altered in its
re-released `Director's Cut' form - and what this means in an Institutional
context.

The book also includes a number of photocopiable resource sheets for use in
the classroom.

Contents -
Studying Blade Runner Factsheet,
Introduction: Reading (into) the Greatest Science Fiction Film Ever Made,
Genre,
What is Genre? What is Science Fiction?
Blade Runner as Science Fiction,
Blade Runner as Film Noir,
Blade Runner's Generic Hybridity,
Narrative,
Film Language,
Classical Narrative: Classical Hollywood Realism,
Anti-narrative Ambiguities,
A Visual Narrative,
Representation,
Technophobia and Technophilia,
The Crumbling City,
Race Relations,
Gender Trouble,
The Postmodern in Blade Runner,
Institutions and Authors,
Trouble on the Shoot,
The Final Cut,
The Director's Cut,
Audiences,
Instant Flop to Cult Classic,
Textual Analysis,
Deckard Eats Noodles,
Conclusion: What Does it Mean to be Human?
Recommended Bibliography and Filmography,
Classroom Worksheets

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #435988 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Publisher
Sean Redmond teaches Film at the Southampton Institute; and
was Chief Examiner of AQA Media Studies (legacy syllabus).