Wegierski: On the 40th anniversary of Blade Runner (1982): A retrospective review of this great science fiction film

Blade Runner (1982). Harrison Ford (Rick Deckard), Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty), Sean Young (Rachael), Daryl Hannah (Pris), William Sanderson (J.F. Sebastian), Edward James Olmos (Gaff). Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), by Philip K. Dick. 117 minutes (US theatrical release), Colour. Blade Runner (1982) is one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. It really deserves the appellation “sf” rather than “sci-fi” – the former being the term for serious science […]