Friday, October 8, 2021

Film: just fiction or some reality?

For me it is not easy to choose a single favorite film, I have several for different reasons. In this case I choose Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott. It seems to me that it is a sort of intermediate between mainstream films, I mean, "digestible", but with a number of features that give it complexity. Based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968) by Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scoot's version presents us with a dystopian future where there is an artificial production of human beings - called "replicants" - who are employed as slaves for colonies in the outside world, because they possess greater physical conditions and less emotional response. However, a riot in one of the colonies indicates that the latter is relative, and a special police force, the "blade runners", will be in charge of "retiring" the fugitives who reach land. On the basis of the above the film will raise a number of ethical questions.

The most recent film I saw is Dersu Uzala (1975), a Soviet-Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. I highly recommend it. Based on the 1923 memoir Dersu Uzala by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, it shows the adventures of a Soviet expedition in the Russian Far East that receives the help of a native on more than one occasion, and with it, a beautiful story of friendship and disagreements between civilization and nature. 

I don't have a favorite category of films. I commonly rely on reviews and/or recommendations. 

Both this and Blade Runner, I highly recommend them. They are very easy to watch for free.


Original movie poster from 1982 for Blade Runner 




5 comments:

  1. Movies like Blade Runner are the kind that last over time. I like to mix science fiction with the social sphere and some politics with ethical conflicts between the characters.

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  2. Uff i never watched this movie, but always my friends recommended me! i hope watch someday.

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  3. what a great movie! love the music and the thematic

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  4. Oh i didn't know this movie, maybe now it's time to see it!!

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  5. I haven't seen this movie, but I did read the book you mentioned. It's a fascinating subject, I love dystopian movies!

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