Blade Runner 2049

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

On 16/10/17 10:41, Marek Szulen wrote:
> ha! it confirms it's a good movie then! :)
> I'm sick of cgi, fireworks overblown movies without real plot (or deeper
> meaning).

it frames questions of identity really well; it's not really about ai,
because the replicants in this narrative are essentially biological
copies. it also raises questions about culture, which are not really
anything to do with sci-fi. it was surprising to see a plot with such a
high expectation of an audience. even if it's not at the level of a
sartre piece, it plays with those same issues, riffing on pkd's
thought-provoking existentialism, to a backdrop of mind-blowing sounds
and images.

sound itself, and analogue synthesis in particular, has always had this
slightly teasing depth to it, in the same way that one wonders about
consciousness - is it as colourful as it appears, or can it be captured
in a formula?

in this movie, sound itself is a mysterious voice, a primordial force.
one gets the impression this was done knowingly, and with a degree of awe.

t.