Blade Runner: A Scientific Look Into Philosophy
Blade Runner is a science fiction movie that does not really talk about science. The movie tries its best at debating the answers to philosophical questions about human nature. However, the science is not lost in this movie. The special effects are amazing and the basis of the movie is based on intelligent machines. It is kind of strange that the director would feel that the back drop for such a film should be a city full of artificial lights and Asians. The film does succeed at least to through various topics at the audience for their interpretation. In analyzing the way Ridley Scott's Blade Runner tackles the subjects of morality, humanity and love, a universal theme of dualism emerges out of the foray.
The scene starts with Rachael coming to the grips of killing a person to defend Deckard. The scene is done with cross-cutting to show a reaction shot. However, unlike traditional cross cutting reaction shots, this shot is done with both Rachael and Deckard on the same side of the frame. This way of producing the reaction shot helps to understand the relationship between Deckard and Rachael a little better. There is some kind of competition that draws these two beings together. You would think that maybe it is just the predator-prey mentality of women and men when it comes to love and relationship, but Deckard and Rachael are connected by their contrast in humanity. Her action of saving Deckard's life and demonstrating her humanity begins the scene. The scene does not really get sexual until Deckard takes his shirt off and starts washing blood out of his mouth. You can see from Deckard's display of humanity, bleeding and fleshy, that Rachael is attracted. As a replicant, she feels disconnected from such a physical world and would very much so be apart of it. The attraction between Deckard and Rachael is basically founded on the fact that they are both from two different worlds that just happen to overlap. Deckard is a human officer...
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