Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Synopsis

It has taken 25 years and three cinema edits for Ridley Scott to arrive at the definitive new version of his science-fiction masterpiece. Blade Runner: The Final Cut includes added and extended scenes, added lines and new and cleaner special effects. Scott's vision of Los Angeles in 2019 is the ultimate movie dystopia: a fabulous hell of skyscrapers and monolithic Fritz Lang factories. The sky is cluttered with fuming aircraft and floating neon adverts. It never stops raining on the cramped and seedy streets, and everyone, apart from Harrison Ford, smokes like a chimney. What does it mean to be human in such a diseased world? This is the thrust of Scott's film noir, which has aged quite brilliantly.

Director Biography

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. Best known for directing films in the science fiction, crime, and historical drama genres, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades throughout his career, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.