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Blade Runner

1982Movie1 h 58 minR2 awards

Drama
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic848.6
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic848.6

Summary

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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  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Stays with you.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Gets under your skin.

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Body Motifsin 151 titlesEyes are all over the place in this film. Aside from the axiom that the eyes being the window to the soul, the film also revolves around illusion and how what we see may not be what it seems.Opening Scrollin 156 titlesThe film started with definitions of "Replicants", "Nexus/Nexus 6" and "Blade Runner".All 204 tropes

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