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Studying Blade Runner: Instructor's Edition (Studying Film Series)

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My review is based more on the actual product and it's value,and in my opinion it's not a very good one. A very small,96 page square bound pamphlet. Not long enough to get too deep into any real type of analysis, as the title would leave you to believe ("Studying" Blade Runner).I've seen more thorough coverage in a magazine.Disappointing...

Sean Redmond's booklet is a pretty good read but lacks on depth, clear analysis and a good presentation of facts.

There are a number of points Sean uses that are very easy to take a different view. Case in point would be the issue of the 5th replicant. Sean's premise is that it is Deckard (based on a later interview with Ridley Scott). Interviews with writers and screenplay analysis contend that the 5th replicant was a mistake during production of the film.

Overall the book does make one stop and reexamine the film with some new insights but your money would be better spent on Paul M. Sammon's book, "Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner". Sammon's book presents most of Redmond's premises to the reader and does so in a much more informative, factual and clearer way.