Now with added blade runner

[randy_byers]

Or reduced replicants, as the case may be. I saw the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner at the Cinerama today. It looks and sounds amazing there. The differences seemed to be more in the way of corrections than changes. It seemed very much the same movie as the old Director's Cut. They corrected the number of replicants Bryant says are loose at the beginning from five to four -- that sort of thing.

This is the fourth version of the film I've seen on the big screen. I once saw the workprint at the Egyptian when it was shipped by mistake instead of the Director's Cut. That's the one they showed to a couple of test audiences before they decided to add the narration and happy ending to the original theatrical release.

Anyway, great to see it at the Cinerama. The soundsystem there really brought out the imaginative way that sound is used to shape our perception of what's happening. I'd never noticed the sound of buzzing flies when Roy Batty chases Deckard through the Bradbury Building at the end -- evoking his decaying body? Hm, maybe that was one of the changes ...

It's a limited showing at the Cinerama in advance of a DVD release in December. Well worth seeing, if you're a fan of the movie or have never seen it before. One of my all-time favorite movies.

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[grytpype-thynne.livejournal.com]

But have you seen the episode of SOUTH PARK with the ultimate final last ever directors' cut of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK?

"You and I are just passing through history, but THIS... THIS is history made slightly better."

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I want the "And This Time We Mean It" edition!