Blade Runner - Story Explanation and Analysis
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NOTE: The following introduction was omitted from the video for the sake of time. The text for it follows. While it's not necessary to read, it might provide a greater appreciation for what remains in the video.
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I have only seen Blade Runner twice in my life: the first time was about a year ago, and the second time was a week prior to the publication of this video. To all the sci-fi nerds and fanboys out there who cherish this film as the holy grail of the genre, you might feel some… admittedly… rational trepidation about how in-depth my analysis of this film can be, given the fact that I have only seen it twice. However, I propose that there may be some unique, valuable wisdom to be shared by somebody who has only seen this movie… this specific movie… twice. Before you laugh, give my explanation a chance.
The first time I watched this movie, my expectations were impossible to meet. All my friends and fellow film fans sang the same chorus line: oh, it’s the greatest sci-fi film ever made! Oh, it’s one of the greatest films ever made! Make sure you don’t watch the theatrical cut! Watch the “Final Cut.”
Well, I watched it… and I thought it was… good. It was good! Not great! I didn’t see what the big deal was, though. So, I thought that maybe I just didn’t get it, but that didn’t seem right. I got the metaphors about prejudice and objectification, and all that. So, I figured… eh… maybe I’d just have to be one of those weird people who doesn’t think this movie is a timeless masterpiece.
Fast-forward to a year later… The Blade Runner sequel is coming out. Seeing that my audience enjoys my analysis of film and video games… so why not give the original a second shot and do a video on it? I popped the disc in, sat through the film’s entire run time… and my god… my experience with it was so much more profound.
Blade Runner’s themes and messages about the value of human life and how little respect some of us give it… hit me like an emotional tidal wave. The experience was so different the second time around I was hit with this deleterious feeling which… I can only describe as guilt. I felt guilty... for not understanding the film’s true value the first time around, and I think the reason for that dovetails into the character of Deckard’s existential crisis, particularly his growing inability to objectify replicants.
I think the reason why I didn’t appreciate this film the first time around is the same reason Deckard didn’t appreciate the replicants: he and I were expecting a particularly utility from our respective objects. I was expecting a sci-fi epic that welded action and intelligent sci-fi concepts into a harmony of mathematical precision. Deckard was expecting replicants to act like - to use his own words - “any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard.”
It is only through time and experience do we both learn the true value of our respective objects and, by proxy, what those objects teach us about the sacredness of life. I hope you will join me for the next few minutes as I describe how every piece of Blade Runner’s composition… from its cinematography and music… to its scripting and performances… communicates how human beings SHOULD perceive the value of life and how… horrifyingly… the majority of human beings may never, for as long as we live, comprehend that value. Needless to say… there are spoilers ahead. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
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Roy saves his life because it’s the only way he’ll be able to live...in Deckard’s memory.
wow
+Random Thoughts
Your interpretation is shallow ... you chose an easy answer become you're simple minded thats why ... why is it that fools are so often self-deluded to think they are clever, thats really amusing ...
@@88feji the internet is dark and full of toxic people
@@diegocrusius wtf you on.. toxic perhaps every now and then, but intelligent. The real trolls are in your everyday life. Also the very premise of this movie is the second-class existence of replicants and their rebellion against abrupt 'termination'. The dude's interpretation is satisfactory.
@@niro56 Im criticizing 88feji for his toxic behavior, not Pasajero's analysis which is on point
The second you hear a saxophone in a 80s movie you know its about to go down
I felt this lol
A tenor sax, fo sho.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just watched this movie for the first time ever and I thought the same thing!! Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop, etc. Every. Single. Time.
Perfect music for horizontal dancing 👌🏻
Watching this movie feels like you’re having a fever dream
Gökhan Demir doesnt help that when l watched it the first time l was totally sleep deprived
Thats exactly what i said after my first watch
I thought exactly the same thing while watching it. It felt like a nightmare and it was amazing to watch.
Is there ever daylight in the universe
Brian Wilson sameeee
The moment Roy saved him, was the moment Roy transcended the self. Something many humans never do.
Angelo Alexander interesting, but i’d say it’s the moment he transcended the group identity or stereotype in favor of the self. he didn’t do what a malfunctioning machine would do but instead what he himself felt was right and in that found his individualism as a human being.
He became more human than many humans.
For certain, Roy's humanity superseded Deckard's own in the ultimate twist of irony. If, by some twist of fate, they had found themselves in the opposite situation, does anyone believe Deckard would have saved Roy? Hell, no!!!
Goku solos roy
6:00 his prejudice conflicts with his desire @@SuperTrucker2019
What I find amazing is that when Roy talks about his memories being lost forever, he's not only speaking for himself or the replicants, but for all human race. The whole movie is about human nature and what defines what being a human actually means.
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long' - Eldon Tyrel... RIP Rutger Hauer.
It's a phrase from Lao Tseu
"All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die" ... Goodbye Roy/Rutger ... RIP ... and thank you for creating one of the most memorable monologues in the history of cinema ... this was the hook that made me fall in love with the movie Bladerunner ...
Yeah, Roy conveniently forgets about all the "moments lost in time" when he and the other replicants slaughtered people on a shuttle in order to get to Earth.
@@Cryptonymicus it's called growth. Hindsight is 20/20.
Roy becomes more human as he realizes the fragility of life
When K asks Deckard if his dog is real Deckards response of "I don't know ask him" perfectly answers the Deckard/Replicant question
The dog exists, therefore he is real.
Damn didn't realise that line was as deep
This was a good video. Better than the more viewed videos that come up when searching "blade runner analysis". You deserve more traffic!
This whole movie felt like I tuned into it two thirds of the way through it's runtime.
Today (November the 1st 2019) the movie 'Blade Runner' was caught up by reality. From now on, the film is no longer set in the future, but in the past. Strange, if you think about it... By the way - the BEST SCI-Fi Movie EVER Made! Too bad Rutger Hauer doesn't experience this day anymore...
A ways to go before we hit Zardos timelime
@@oktfg That would be 2293. But before that, we're coming up on I, Robot, 2035. Then BR 2049. Then Minority Report, 2054. And A.I., 2101(approx. but worth a mention).
There is no cgi in the original Bladerunner, not until the Final Cut, even then not in the opening sequence I don’t think. Interesting views, thank you.
@RandomThoughts its science fiction. its a how the writer views the world. and to answer your question the future is already turning out to be like this (in the sense that megacorporations rule the world)
@RandomThoughts the movie isnt really meant to be pretty. it's more..visually striking. as overpopulation gets worse and worse, cities could eventually look like the cities in blade runner, all the buildings stacked over eachother and overflowing with people.
@RandomThoughts I'm from india and I agree 100% percent with what ur saying. The current government here only cares about dividing people based on religion. Our prime minister is illiterate and conservative and instead of thinking about actual problems such as overpopulation,poverty he's more interested in spending 3000 crores for a statue.
The video I'm linking shows the stupid mentaltiy of these politicians
czcams.com/video/r8MOIf-JtWA/video.html
@RandomThoughts are you trolling? Please go to the slums of some of the wealthiest cities in Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle and see if they’ve gotten “prettier”. Concentrated poverty still exist even with wealth per-capita is increasing.
RIP Rutger Hauer. Greatest improvised line in any film ever IMO.
Is this Roy
@@danejorgensen4553 yes
What line did he improvised?
@@whiteheavn "..like tears in the rain". The greatest line of the movie.
@@QubitVector He didn't improvise it there and then however. David Peoples mentions Rutger bringing the line out during one of the first read throughs Peoples was involved in.
My theorie is that in the last scene of the movie Roy literally becomes his „own god“ so he can choose to have mercy on Deckard. The development of his character and that its meaning changes from devil to God so drastically is visible in many ways.
The first hint is the huge nail Roy smashes through his hand. It reminds of Jesus who was hung on the cross with nails through his wrists. It indicates first changes of his mindset.
The next symbol is the white dove he capures and releases into freedom in the end. It’s not only a symbol for hope but can also be seen as the incarnation of God, or rather the Holy Ghost.
Now we have two hints of the holy trinity. The last one is God himself, in this case Roy and his actions and words. While he is obviously changing his ‚ind about killing Deckard the light always shines on Roy like a halo. This method is by the way also used in several other films like pulp fiction to make biblical references. But back to Blade Runner. The last and most obvious factor is his actions and words. The prejudices that replicants are 100% inhumane and criminals is proven to be wrong by him as he saves his former enemy. He makes his own decisions and doesn’t depend on anybody else anymore,not even the ‚an who created him. Roy accepts he’s gonna die and chooses his last act to be his most humane. He helps another man, which is basically the golden rule of the Christian faith.
I think when you rewatch this specific scene and keep my theory in mind it will add so much more depth to the story and interpretation of Roys character, but let me know shat you think. :))
Just watched it for the first time (spoiler free believe it or not) and i agree with all of this.
I watched the directors cut, so no narration, but with the unicorn memory and origami at the end (pounting to deckard being a replicant). Besides that, which i don't like because deckard being human makes way more sense, absolutely brilliant film.
@ neela - excellent, I agree
I never thought deckard was a replicant. They keep changing the ending of this movie and I know people hate it, but I still love the version with Harrison narrating. It was what I grew up with.
I have only seen the one where they leave and find the horse origami, and that didn't seem to give the impression of him being a replicant. What other endings were there?
@@Vestaaa480 narration aside, one cut has the movie continue beyond the door closing, with the two of them leaving together (presumably north where they will be safe to live their lives).
Having just watched the directors cut for the first time, i had no idea there were alternate endings.
Imo, dekkard works better if he is not a replicant, but the unicorn dream and the origami unicorn at the end point to him being a replicant. Both felt put of place for me because if they are removed from the movie then it works better imo, but ending at the doorway was a better choice.
The narration i cannot provide an opinion on.
In improvising the scene, I think there is something profoundly more 'Human' than often given reverence being seen from Roy's collective experience and transcendence of thought that gives him a sort of metaphysical or existential victory in all of this. Compare him with himself, when he quotes Blake, he is, as an android would, simply mimicking depth of soul through the words of a gifted soulful poet. Yet as he laments before his death, the monologue we are given is from the depths of his own soul as valid as any...His thoughts have reached the most abstract and qualitative of places and what he produces in his words are: Art. Not a mimicry of citing the art of another, but the construction of his own art given form.
I think this is the best comment in all of youtube. Thank you, that's quite a beautiful thought. I guess a youtube comment can be more profound than any literary analysis in modern academia.
Really good analysis of this movie. Its a gorgeous and morally complex movie
Thanks homie!
I'd say the question posed to Deckard about whether he's taken the test isn't necessarily the movie telling us he is a replicant. I think if anything, it is a question to make him and the audience think about how similar human and replicant really are. They could be indistinguishable to the point that even a human wouldn't know they were a replicant. Rachael thought she was a human despite being a replicant, so maybe it was to give Deckard an impression of how that feels. It's questioning what makes you human and a replicant not
I watched it in my teens for the first time. It was so very different than anything else, that I think I developed love to the sci-fi genre starting from this film. I rewatched it now with the different eyes - all of us in a way replicants, aren't we?, just waiting for our time, when we'll meet our Creator.
Straight from the very the beginning; a factual error between traditional special effects and computer-generated ones: there was _no CGI_ at least in the original Blade Runner versions, only model sets and multiple overlaid film negative-/interpositive-composites, done painstakingly one layer on top of each other and without the possibility to undo the process without having to completely redo everything in the shot. More on the original making-of can be seen for example at: czcams.com/video/PeAprWRoeAQ/video.html -- Douglas Trumbull was the SFX supervisor.
hapsutakki: I just logged in to say the same exact thing! Haha. Don't mess up with my favorite film, video making guy.
By CGI he probably meant special effects, it's not hard to get them mix up nowadays because most visual effects are computer generated rather than practical, as they probably didn't have the technology for computer generated images. The blade runner 2049 definitely has CGI
@@juahn93 CGI is an acronym for Computer Generated Graphics. It can't be plainer than that. You can't mean "special effects" when you say CGI. It's an error on the video creators part.
@@Exitof99 CGI is computer generated imagery, where do you get the graphics from CGG?
Juan Hernandez Haha, sorry, I meant to say Computer Generated Images. Wrote that when I just woke up.
Wow, you missed the most important line in the movie. Pris says "I think, Sebastian, therefore I am." For me, from that moment on, Deckard is hunting sentient escaped slaves.
@J F Descartes.. Deckard..
@@PatkaBoy831 woo
Roys life was going to end and he knew there was nothing he could do about it. So. One possibility might be, that saving Deckard from death, gave him (Deckard) the experience of what it feels like to be allowed to continue living, knowing that he only gets to do that because the very 'person' who had the power to decide whether he lived or died chose to save him.
Max did you do that on purpose at 11:26? When you say human life, roy says it at the exact same time. Freaky..
WOAH. Actually, what's he's saying there is "wouldn't believe", but HOLY CRAP it DOES match up. :O
yes he is
This movie is unique in its ability to give the sublime feeling in awe.
I grew up with this movie.This video brought tears to my eyes.
Roy was wrong. His memories didn't got lost in time and that makes very happy.
one day they will anyway
This analysis is so good that it's nearly as beautiful as the legendary "Tears in Rain" speech itself.
I remember feeling the beauty of it before I understood it. I recall climbing onto a roof in the rain. But long after we grasp things, we experience things.
This movie is a fucking masterpiece. I have to watch it now again.
Van Gellis
Man I can’t wait for cyberpunk 2077..
Exactly what I thought while watching Blade Runner for the firat time today. I had been looking for good Cyberpunk genre movies for years and fuck me did this provide.
Just 52 more years to go :)
It would suck compared to this masterpiece
Me tooooo
so how are you handling the last 2ish weeks, i'm not doin so good.
A breakthrough movie. Haunting and beautiful simultaneously , cinematography and thought well focused , bringing light from the darkest of situations.
"I am the storm that is approaching"-Roy
the music in this movie is absolutely beautiful
Yeah, Max I love you dude. But it really rubbed me the wrong way when you said that the movie is "CGI". None of what you see in the film is CGI. It's all models and composites. It's totally analog and probably the most advanced analog film ever made.
Even if it is "CGI". There's nothing wrong with that. What's up with this bandwagon against CGI??? When done right CGI can be absolutely amazing!
@@Young_Dab the movie came out in 1982. If they used CGI at that time it wouldn’t look the same at all. CGI became a lot better after Jurassic Park
@@dakotastyles Star Wars - 1972. Clearly CGI improved over the ten years between the two films. The question is 'Did Blade Runner use or even need them?' to tell the stories, and why is this important.
@@michaelingertson337 Star Wars came out in 1977 and “CGI” as in entirely computer generated like some of the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park.
The Final Cut version has CGI
I have all four movies on DVD. Just when I thought I knew everything about Bladerunner! This is an excellent analysis about some things I wasn't aware, like there Blake poetry. Great job!
I literally own 8 different copies of this film... from box sets to DVDs and Blue ray sets... it's truly one of my favorite films of all time. The themes, cinematography, dialog, and just the film as a whole are brilliant. Rest in peace Rutger Hauer... you truly made this film legendary in the delivery of just a few words.
Soy
All the things I loved, You've make an analysis about them, Filosophy, Movies, games. Love your channel!
I think they used practical FX in the original and not CGI.
I watched bladerunner recently and didn’t really know what was going on, thank you so much for this video man it was really helpful and interesting. Keep it up!
one of my favorite films ever. I do like 2049 as well.
there was no CGI in 1982 when this film was released ,
I really liked your answer at the end. Fitting to the whole films theme.
One of the best videos I’ve seen on this movie. Great work.
This was one of the best videos i have seen in youtube. Well done, sir, you've done a man's job! Very perceptive and interesting
It's too bad she won't live, but then again who does?
good video but i came here from a better one. Indian (south asian) dude...
FYI the "you've done a man's job"
line is loaded with post-imperial irony . You get me ?
HINT
Imagine it being said in The Man who would Be King
I am sure you understood this
But the Scott brothers were brits so it COULD NOT have been a coincidence
ive no idea why i am still writing now
yes, i have a problem....
@@govansquared4759 haha
this is my favorite movie of all time. I wish I was old enough to have watched it on theather back in the day. Loved the sequel
Thank you for this analysis! Definitely makes me wanna watch the film again
For me,this is the best of Science Fiction!
I have three or four versions of this film. It came in a box set. I have been a big fan of this film since it came out. I've seen it dozens of times. Thank you.
What an excellent analysis of this movie. Well done sir.
Beautiful analysis. You have a way with words
My first time watching this movie all the way through........ November 2019.... crazy right? ......... not many people will get that....
lol me too !
Caz DOPE!!!
I'm sure very few people watching this video are aware of the film's setting
Thanks for this video I've loved it
I have always seen Roy as the good guy.
Blade Runner after all the years I rate the best movie I have experienced in my forty years of watching movies on a daily basis, even thought I have watched it many times, looking at the closing scene, still makes my hairs stand up and provokes an emotional response no other movie ever has managed to do. A combination of fantastic choice of music, creation of atmosphere, characters plaid by the right actors highlighting the characters personal dilemmas in a future we are heading towards, and in other scenarios in the past, is just awe inspiring. An absolute jewel I feel privileged to witness. inho. Thank you for the post Max.
Great analysis and video. Well done
Love blade runner. Have watched many videos on it. This was probably one of the best videos on BR I've ever seen.
This video came in super handy this week...
Great analysis dude!
My man thats great review love it!
Fantastic video. I've watched this movie since I was a kid and now I finally understand it.
Though the art direction is genius, I thought this movie was boring the first time I watched it. Now having watched it again 10 years later, I found myself completely engrossed in the philosophy of the film, and empathizing with the replicants. This is one of those movies that changes you.
This opened my eyes about a lot that I didn't pick up on. I'm still not sure I fully internalized the film, but I may rewatch it and see how I feel about it.
I remember seeing this at the show, I was in high school, funny how time goes by, how one could never foresee what the future holds ?
Very good analysis....thank you for sharing your reflective genius,
Awesome video. Loved the ending..
Amazing analysis!
This is sooo deep.
great video too
You forgot the most import point in the entire movie... The motto of the Tyrel Corp. is More Human than Human. By saving Deckard at the end, Roy shows himself to be More Human than Human :)
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼awesome job!! Great video!
My life has not been the same since realizing Rachael is Einhorn/Finkel.
Stephen B she’s beautiful in this movie
"HE FOUND CAPTAIN WINKY!"
Your videos are a breath of fresh air.
You're... breathtaking.
This is one of my favorite Sci Fi films. Fantastic soundtrack by Vangelis.
This Movie is a Brutally Amazing Masterpiece...Nothing else like this out there.
There was no CGI in Blade Runner. It didn't exist yet.
This film has a place in my soul forever
Re watched in 2019 and still love it.
Rutger Hauer looks just like an older version of my crush from high school in this film. I was rooting for the replicas ever since Roy entered the screen.
This movie was before my time but I keep seeing it. A new one is coming out so I wanted to see what it was about. Now I see. Thanks.
A Sci Fi masterpiece and a great cast directed by Ridley Scott .
Extremely well-made film analysis. Among the best I’ve ever seen. It’s comparable to Rob Ager’s film analysis.
This movie makes me tear up soo bad.
Wow... you are dedicated & thoughtful.
this is such an underrated review
Rutger Howard saved this movie from the abyss....
It wouldn't be what it its today and forever without that last line.
Truly EPIC!
Great vid! Excellent break-down of the meaning behind Blade Runner. For my money, 2049 didn't capture the same 'exploring the big questions' like the original did. Granted I didn't really get the original in one viewing, so I'll have to revisit it later on.
My best interpretation/experience of the original is without the stupid voiceover. You can see Harrison Ford is actually understanding and contemplating what Rutger Hauer told him. Likewise, the origami left by Edward James Olmos is a sign that he was at Deckard's apartment, knowing that Rachel was there and let her live and gave Deckard time to escape with her, dove-tailing with the overall message of mercy and restoring Harrison Ford's humanity. With the ending still being ambiguous (until the sequel....) it seems to be saying that "Even though the world is cold and chaotic, if we are mercifully to each other we at least have a chance to retain our humanity."
Edit (Forgot to add): This goes back to theme you mentioned of purpose. In the beginning of the movie Harrison Ford is a drunk who hates and is hiding from his job, by the end Rachel has given him purpose in life and Edward James Olmos has given him the opportunity to start over.
It's a very moving film and, much like Stanley Kubrick's films, I have different interpretations based on where I am in life.
This movie always gave me chills you should do 28 days later next.
Rest In Peace
A candle that burns twice as bright burns Out twice as fast
thanks this helped w my class
I remember seeing this film and absolutely loving the score beautifully done by Vangelis. I bought the LP and still listen to the haunting tracks. As for the movie it left me with a futuristic vision plus which I loved and still feel has never been matched. Even the 2049 version. Sean Young, wow what else can you say. Rudger….brilliant
Roy understood that if you value your own life, soon enough you have to value the lives of the rest. Even when you die
Ridley Scott, amazing....
Thanks Matt. Chalk me up to another rube whose eyes were opened wide, thanks to your enlightening explanation of what the movie was really about...god, I was so dumb.
My Favorite Film Ever
"The angels were not happy with the suffering that was inherent to life."...Where did you get that from? This sounds like Mormon docterine.
Cgi??? This movie is one of the last movies to use practical effects,check out the documentery on the bonus disc. And matte paintings (almost forgot).
I meant to say special effects. Not CGI. I know.
Max Derrat it’s so good I just saw it recently as I don’t remember as a kid and thought those shots were CGI until I thought about it. The practical effects were awesome
See I do like looking at the clues that point to whether Deckard is a replicant in both the book and movie but I think you're right with what you said at the end by asking the question you might to some degree be missing the overarching point to the entire question.
Ah Blade Runner is still one of the most fascinating movies ever made.
The various editions of the movie negatively modified the shot of the dove taking flight. Originally, it flew into nothing but a clear blue sky, symbolising Roy’s final peace in death. It was the only shot in the entire film in which the sky was blue and clear in daylight. Subsequent remakes either added buildings or changed the colour of the sky, which served to detract from the meaning of the shot.
Because that was nonsensical, it's too off-putting to have a sudden blue sky, plus the symbolism is quite obvious even withought the blue sky
Such a cool film! Love the vibe of it! It makes you think, probably be one day cybernetics will be like this!
Or Revelation 9:6