Themes

• Dark and Fallen Angels
• The Ambiguously Human
• Policing Memory and Identity
• Simulated Consciousness, Human Identity, Anime, and Blade Runner
• Human Identity
• Sympathy For the Cyborg
• Flesh Machines and Memories
• The Nature of Humanity
• The Limitations of Simulacra
• Verius deus quam machina?
• Can I match my eyes to match my dress?
• Hacked and Modified Brains

Blade Runner and Critical Theory

• Realizing Theory (Baudrillard and Haraway)

Setting

• the City: "Classic urban dystopic flick"
• Cityscapes in Anime and Blade Runner

Symbol, Image, Motif

• The Immune System and Blade Runner
• Shape in Cyberpunk Film and TV
• Light in Cyberpunk Film and TV
• Neon Origami

Characterization

• Representiung Cyborg's in Film

Compared to Anime and Other Films

• Representing Cyborg's in Film
• Bubble Gum Crisis and Blade Runner
• Ghost in the Shell

Related Websites

• Deleted hospital scene (script)
• 2019: Off-World (Blade Runner archive at Stanford)
• Bladerunner Photos and more (Scripts, production designs, screen tests, and material that didn't make it into the movie)
• The Architecture of Blade Runner (Basilisk.com)

Last modified 2 April 2005