On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
DocumentaryTV Movie

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000
52 min
7.5
75.0%
User Score
(11 votes)

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearly all the cast. Interviews with production staff, including Ridley, give details into the creative process and turmoil during preproduction. Stories from Paul M. Sammon and Fancher provide insight into Philip K. Dick and the origins of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Interweaved are cast interviews with the notable exceptions of Harrison Ford and Sean Young. Through these interviews we get a sense of how difficult and frustrating the film was to make as a result of an exacting director without allies and hot, wet, smoggy conditions; which added to the high pressure atmosphere everyone increasingly felt as the film went over budget. There is also a tour of some locations, most notably the Bradbury Building and the Warner Brothers backlot that was the LA 2019 streets, which look very different from Ridley's dark version.

DIRECTED BY

Mark Kermode

STARRING

Mark Kermode, Brian Aldiss, Michael Arick, Joanna Cassidy, Michael Deeley

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Cast

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode

Self - Presenter

Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss

Self

Michael Arick

Self

Joanna Cassidy

Joanna Cassidy

Self

Michael Deeley

Self

David Dryer

Self

Hampton Fancher

Hampton Fancher

Self

Katherine Haber

Self

Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah

Self

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Self

James Hong

James Hong

Self

Syd Mead

Syd Mead

Self