Blade Runner
In his reading of one of the most influential films of the 1980s, Scott Bukatman situates the film in terms of debates about postmodernism. Although BLADE RUNNER explores the tensions fundamental to a postmodern era of bewildering technological change, he argues that the film derives from the...
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In his reading of one of the most influential films of the 1980s, Scott Bukatman situates the film in terms of debates about postmodernism. Although BLADE RUNNER explores the tensions fundamental to a postmodern era of bewildering technological change, he argues that the film derives from the 20th-century modernist experience of the city--the experience of a space both imprisoning and liberating. Color illustrations.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780851706238 (0851706231)
Publish date: September 26th 1997
Publisher: British Film Institute
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Series: BFI Modern Classics / BFI Film Classics