Blade Runner

I heard a lot about this movie and finally could get to watch it. Was very eager to gather a few philosophical motivations. But this movie took me by surprise. This movie is not exactly futuristic or clever with regards to the machine intelligence question.



But this movie is ...lovely. It is like looking at a painting or reading a poem. It guides you into a mystical wonderland where you understand what it is for a machine to feel emotion. Then you sympathise with it, feel sorry for it and eventually fall in love with it.



You do not wish to take sides with either the humans or the replicants. You understand the limitations of logic when it comes to framing opinions like this. Finally, you deeply question the human-ness that is you.



Ofcourse the biggest gift for the movie is the background score by vangelis. I completely forgot myself when I was watching this lovely bit where the replicant tries to be a human and loosens her hair and eventually gets kissed.

The cinematography is also pure magic. Ridley Scott successfully creates an ambience that is so rich and tantalizing that this movie can be nothing short of a genuine classic.