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Wake up, time to die.
Blade Runner

• Edited by Dr. Kay Picart, Donna Gallagher, and
  Kristen Millen

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Show Contents

• Production History
• Character Analysis
• Blade Runner and the Frankenstein Myth

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Production History

• Based in part on Philip K. Dicks 1968 novel Do
  Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Later turned into a screenplay by Hampton Fancher
• Fancher kept many elements of the novel, though
  he eliminated many key aspects
• Due to disagreements with Ridley Scott, the
  director, Fancher was replaced with David Peoples

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Production Notes (Cont.)

• Peoples gave the story its detective, noir-ish
  feel
• The monologue of the film was tacked on during
  postproduction much to the dismay of the director
  and his star
• The originally released film was not Scotts
  fully realized version (for example, it excluded
  the unicorn scene)
• The film, which cost 30m to make only made
  14.8m at the box office
• However, much like Rocky Horror Picture Show, it
  obtained cult status and became a sci-fi hit

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Production Notes (cont.)

• The directors cut was not released until 1992,
  ten years after the original with symbolic
  unicorn scene intact

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Character Analysis

• There is one Frankenstein-like character
• There is one Blade Runner
• There are two male and three female Nexus 6
  replicants
• There is one helpful assistant

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The Image of the Eye
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Creature vs. Creator

• Who is the alienated and lonely creature in the
  Frankensteinian myth?

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Kill Off the Women

• Who represents power through physical strength
  and sexual prowess?
• Who is represented as the sexualized femininely
  monstrous figure that also poses a threat to
  Deckard?
• Do both need to be expelled?