One of the cinema's most visually influential works, BLADE RUNNER -- which has been released to the paying public in at least four versions -- has a history as labyrinthine as any of its futuristic-film-noir sets. A fascinatingly contemplative if sometimes ponderous detective story about a world-weary android-killer and his renegade prey, its vagaries include two different theatrical "director's cuts"; an original domestic theatrical release long unavailable even on video or cable; an ongoing cult audience; and a hindsight appreciation of "visual futurist" designer Syd Mead's prescient and ahead-of-its-time look films -- all insuring that BLADE RUNNER retains a uniqu...
Released:
1982
Rated:
R
Length:
117 mins