BLADE RUNNER artist Syd Mead (BBtv interview)
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Uploaded by boingboingtv on Jul 23, 2008
The 1982 cyberpunk cinema classic Blade Runner remains one of the most influential science fiction movies of all time, and tops many a nerd's favorite films list.
Today on Boing Boing tv, Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson visits the studio of artist and futurist Syd Mead, who designed the film's dystopian look and feel. We learn about the "erotic machine" he dreamed for the replicant Zhora (this breast-shaped dreampod was cut from the script when director Ridley Scott ran out of dough), the 1 2 3 *4* alternate opening scenes designed by Syd (one of them, which involved shoveling dead bodies, was deemed "too Holocaust"), what really lights up those building facades, and many more secrets.
Syd explains he envisioned the world of Blade Runner as a place "you wouldn't want to be for too long," and describes the challenges of designing for "a love story with moralistic underpinnings... if we could actually make people, would we treat them like dishwashers? Just use them up and throw them away?"
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Nice video, cool that the artist kept so much original concepts, proud of his work :)
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This film needs more merchandise!!! Sick & tired of trying to track down Blade Runner related merch.
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Greatest movie I have ever seen, eventhough it is not perfect.
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@mjmanning123 ....Rutger Hauer came up with those lines, just prior to filming the scene
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freakish illustrator, absolute genius in both imagination and technical ability.
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L@Beadbud5000 Sorry. I replied to the wrong post.
I was referring to "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?"
which this film was originally based on.
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@mccarthystuart Which book?
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@Beadbud5000 To be perfectly honest, when I finished reading the book, the only thing that was going through my mind was 'what the fuck is this?!'
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watched the final cut a couple months ago, i had heard of the movie but never watched it. when i did, as soon as it ended i felt like watching it again, it was the best movie i had ever seen, still is
laughinsilence 3 years ago 6
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tenhausser gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain.
Perhaps one of the most poetic movie lines of all time. God I love Ridley Scott
mjmanning123 3 years ago 5