THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott
SCREENWRITER: Hampton Fancher, David Peoples
FILM STARS: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: Philip K. Dick
TYPE: Novel
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1993
COUNTRY: Great Britain
COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1968
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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GENRE: Sci Fi
WORDS: A wonderful film (though not as wonderful as some people think). The film became a cult hit, hence the re-issue of the movie edition of the book I suspect. I read the book many moons ago. I can’t recall the book (which has, perhaps, the most famous on any original book title changed for the film) in any specific detail but that may be because of the film. I saw it in the cinemas, and then subsequently in different “cuts” over the years. So it has taken over from whatever memory I had of the book. Yes, I should probably read it again.
The film The film set in a dystopian future of Los Angeles of 2019 still holds up well despite, like many other “serious” films, getting the assumed technology wrong. Replicants and flying cars, unlikely, when we still can’t manufacture toilet cisterns that don’t break or leak.
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One of my favourite movies. Every time I see it I find something new. Which is a little odd, since I’m not a big fan of science fiction.
Rutger Hauer’s soliloquy is particularly moving.
Also, Sean Young was hot back in the 80’s.