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goes straight through all facts and shines brilliance on this mythical best sci fi film ever made.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020
An amazing tome about Blade Runner (1982), the best sci fi film ever made written by someone with justifiable knowledge and worthiness as he himself is in the movie business, and a media journalist who had visited the movie's set numerous times while under production. Paul k Sammon, then writer for Cinefantastique amongst other high brow movie magazines from the early 1980s, takes us on a direct voyage into the atmospheric poetic noir and existential future film from its earliest conception as a novel through to its development as a script and of course in order, a scene by scene making of account. When not using his own material (interviews etc) he cites from various media sources to fill in the gaps. His prose is never overly witty and requiring a dictionary...this pro writer digs up ghosts from the movie's past with exclusive interviews with actors, directors and producers to tell the story of the film. Subjects also tackled are the press screenings, the differences of all the cuts out there, the psychology of the film (including the moods of the actors and crew) and special effects rundown details. This is the definitive edition of Future Noir, large yet a page turner. Everything you want to know from laser disc edition differences to what was stewing in the mind of ace director Ridley Scott on set and in retrospection. And never does the boom come across as some fanatics salivatory attempt at over glorifying his/her subject. For the non hard-core fan of the film, it is still a passionately detailed well written book about how a film is conceived, made, then marketed and its impact on society. Something for everyone.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020
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