Not exact matches
Released: October 6 Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks Director: Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) Why it's great: Thirty - five years after Blade Runner hit theaters (and about 25 years after anyone recognized the
movie as a seminal science - fiction), one
of Hollywood's premiere directors returns to the
futuristic world to tell a inverted story — about a Replicant grappling with his humanity — that's even more poignant.
We know everything about the
futuristic world of the series by the end
of this
movie, and it falls apart upon even the slightest scrutiny.
Fassbinder and production designer Kurt Raab create a near future out
of modern architecture (some
of it still under construction), gangster -
movie fashions,
futuristic bric - a-brac, and more glass and mirrors than a carnival funhouse, and his camera is constantly reframing, moving around for a better look, or simply tracking through the increasingly alienated
world of his reluctant hero.
The
movie finally does something with this
futuristic world, though, by creating something
of a class divide between those who have been infected by the Flare and those living in the city.
Don't miss: The extras include a nine - part retrospective from 2009 on the legacy
of the trilogy; a short film, «Doc Brown Saves the
World,» with Christopher Lloyd, that shows why some
of the
futuristic gadgets from the second film do not exist today; a peek at the 2012 restoration
of the iconic DeLorean; two episodes from «Back to the Future: The Animated Series;» a 2015 commercial for a hoverboard and a trailer for «Jaws 9»; a five - part documentary on the making
of the
movies, a look at the franchise's physics; deleted scenes; a question - and - answer session with Fox; eight archival featurettes; behind - the - scenes footage; music videos; commentaries; and a look at «Back to the Future: The Ride.»
Certainly, there may have been a thoughtful examination
of humanity in The Death Cure, but it's bogged down by an overcomplicated
futuristic world - one that's never clearly laid out, even after three
movies - and sacrificed for action spectacle.
In 1981, Advertising Age profiled Michael Crichton and his
movie Looker which is set in the
world of advertising Here is an excerpt from «Crichton: A
Futuristic View
of Ads» by John Revett.
In 1981, Advertising Age profiled Michael Crichton and his
movie Looker which is set in the
world of advertising Here is an excerpt from «Crichton: A
Futuristic View
of Ads» by John Revett.