Blade Runner Trailer
TriviaThere are a total of three origami creatures made by Gaff (Edward James Olmos). The first is a chicken, which he makes from plain paper, while Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is trying to 'chicken out'. The second is a man, which he makes of a used and discarded paper match (a burning man, as it were) while Deckard is searching Leon Kowalski's (Brion James') apartment. The third is a silver unicorn, which he makes outside Deckard's apartment while deciding whether to kill Rachael (Sean Young). Later, when arriving on the rooftop after Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) dies, Gaff says to Deckard that it is over, inferring that all five replicants (including Rachael) were dead. Instead of killing her, Gaff decides to let Deckard pursue his dream, symbolized by the third origami creation - a unicorn made not from paper, but from silver foil. The dream is both allegorical and real, as Deckard actually does dream of a unicorn.
An unanswered question in this movie is that of whether Deckard is human or otherwise. (Rachael asks him if he'd ever taken the Voight-Kampff test and his lack of response might be taken as a no.) It should also be noted that at one point, Deckard describes two dreams that were taken from Dr. Elden Tyrell's (Joe Turkel's) niece and that in Deckard's own dream there was a unicorn, which poses the question: Was Gaff's choice of a unicorn simply symbolic of a quest for something both beautiful and impossible, or was it taken from Deckard's own dream, which would then point to Deckard being a replicant? Another clue would have been heard at the end, after Gaff says, 'You have done a man's job, sir'; an unused part of the shot had Gaff continue by saying 'But are you sure you ARE a man?' The humanity of Deckard was left up to the audience to decide. Alternate VersionsIn the San Diego sneak preview version of the film, exhibited only once in May 1982, there are three unique shots which are nowhere to be found in any other version, including the 'Workprint'.
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One shot is from the introduction of Roy Batty, displaying a full-body shot of him inside the VidPhon booth, another is of Deckard feebly attempting to reload his weapon after Batty has broken his fingers, and the last one is a high-angled shot of Deckard and Rachael's ride into the sunset. OK, I admit.the first time I watched this movie I detested it. But hey, I was 16 years old and had expected an action-packed sci-fi adventure. Blade Runner is not such a film. But I am grateful for this, for after maturing a bit and rewatching the movie a couple of times, I discovered its greatness. It is not a traditional sci-fi movie, it's a touching drama about the value of life and the importance of making the most of what you've got.
One of the most important themes in the film is the question of what is more valuable - humans without emotions, or machines with? The film gives no answer - it just opens our eyes and makes us aware that we should be grateful for being alive. Some people prefer the Director's Cut, but I like the original version better - mostly because of the wonderful end line: 'I didn't know how long we had together.
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