Please join the UC San Diego Library for a special screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007, 117 min.), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young.
The film is a loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It’s set in a dystopian 2019 Los Angeles and follows Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a detective who is pulled out of retirement to take down a group of escaped androids called replicants.
Blade Runner initially underperformed in theaters when it was first released in 1982; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others were displeased with its slow-paced narrative and unconventional plot. However, by 1992 it had become a cult classic and was re-released in newly edited versions.
A panel discussion featuring UC San Diego alumnus and Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin, Hollywood insider Paul Sammon, urban theorist Mike Davis and former UC San Diego faculty member in the Department of Literature Stephen Potts will take place before the screening at 6 p.m., also in the Atkinson Hall Auditorium. The panel discussion and film screening are free and open to the public but space is limited. Registration is required for both events, separately.
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Contact:
Mariah Fellows, (858) 534-0533, mfellows@ucsd.edu
Registration:
https://blade_runner_screening.eventbrite.com