Blade Runner — Constructing a Future Noir
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Published 2017-09-26
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Blade Runner was the first film to take the thematic elements of classic film noir and bring them into a sci-fi, dystopian future. This video analyzes those elements and examines why the private detective of classic film noir is the perfect fit for the world of Blade Runner.
My neo-noir short film from many years ago: bit.ly/imperfectnoir
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BOOKS IN THIS VIDEO
“A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)” by Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton: amzn.to/2pKIO49
Special Features were used from the Blade Runner Blu-ray: amzn.to/2CgoSNV
Thanks to Sophie Lea for helping with my pronunciation of French names! (I know I still have work to do…): youtube.com/channel/UCu8HT0fp9xM9IH\_l0S3LWrg
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All Comments (21)
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I'm really excited for Blade Runner 2049 and Denis's vision for this world (he says his favorite version is the final cut, so I'm assuming that's the official canon). Are you guys excited? What movies should I do in a future video?
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It's interesting how Hauer decided to say "Father" instead of "Fucker" it completely changes the meaning of the line going from aggressive and threatening to sentimental. It's more clear that he feels a sense of wonder at meeting his creator up in his palace, like he's stepped into heaven and is confronting god about his mortality. All that builds to him being a far more human and sympathetic character. Without that the film would be very lacking
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Loved the transition from a black and white noir film to blade runner, then the colour fading in, your editing is amazing and I love your videos
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4:50 Wrong f-word. xD
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I have faith in Dennis Villeneuve, he's currently one of the best director out there is so he will do justice to Blade Runner franchise.
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I was on a panel about film noir and someone asked me "How can you tell if it's a film noir?" The answer I gave was "if it's raining at night in Los Angeles, it's film noir."
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Blade Runner is my favorite movie of all time so needless to say-I've been excited for this for a long time! Thank you for your work and keep doing what you're doing!
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these transitions from B&W to color when you compare classic noir to Blade Runner are just fantastic
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Blade Runner might be one the best films ever made. This is a brilliant analysis, well done man
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Another fantastic video Michael! Blade Runner to me has always clearly been a film noir but this video perfectly explains why, thanks!
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4:52 man...that curse word would change the entire mood of the scene
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Thank you for showing that YouTube channels can be original, smart, thought-provoking, popular, and interesting without catering to shock value and immaturity. I love all of your videos and I always show my friends.
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Apocalypse Now. How the location was totally changed from Belgian Kongo in the book to Vietnam war in the movie has always fascinating me. How you can take a story written by a dead man and change it to a event he did not experience is to me impressive. And how hard that execution really was is also very interesting. Can´t be more well suited for you. Suggestion for video title: Apocalypse Now – Changing Destiny.
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You're building my hype for Blade Runner 2049. It'll be good to see futuristic neo-noir take to the big screen in a big way again. Great video. xx
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Oh man. Jeez. I have been waiting for an essay like this for this topic. One of my favourite films and one great sub-genre.
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You should analise prisioners by denis villenueve
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I knew the episode was about Blade Runner after your tweet yesterday. I look forward to watch this as always.
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First time I've saw Blade Runner, didn't like, and get it all the hype evolved, but after this video I'm gonna give it a second chance and re-watch
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0:50 props for the neat transitions from Noir films to Blade Runner in this video.
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the subtle editing here is legit! the smooth color transitions from the black and white Noir scenes to the blade runner colorful-rich ones, and the book pages in black and white but reversing the colors (white text in black background), man did my eyes love every second of it and they thank you for this extra care!
