Saturday March 21st will be Blade Runner Day at the BFI Southbank; as I mentioned on here recently Sir Ridley Scott’s masterpiece of future-noir topped the BFI’s 75th birthday poll Visions of the Future. The 21st will see screenings of the film, On The Edge of Blade Runner & Panel Discussion (presented by Mark Kermode with interviews with Rutger Hauer, Darryl Hannah and Ridley Scott), a Q&A with Rutger Hauer after a screening of Blade Runner: the Final Cut, signings and finally Sir Ridley Scott in Conversation – a rare opportunity to see one of Britain’s best directors. Blade Runner has been one of my top ten films for years and one I’ve re-watched many times, but even so when the opportunity comes up to see it again on the big screen (where it belongs) I jump at it and if you’ve never seen it outside of home video and you’re able to go along, take my advice and see it on a cinema screen. That opening sequence of future LA, flying cars, leaping flames, neon structures and Vangelis music still sends shivers down my spine as one of the most visually rich scenes in modern cinema and its impact on a big screen is a thousand times more than on even the best home screen.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
hey guys,
my name is elliot hauer and i am from the neteherlands.