The Blade Runner (1982) film was
produced with a voice over track because the producers of the movie
didn't believe that the audience would be able to follow along with
the movie. The voice over sets up the scenes and fills in any wrong
interpretations the audience may developed from what the directors
wanted to convey. The voice over also explains the thought of Deckard's while he questions the androids and the way he interprets the various
statements made towards him. The voice over doesn’t really have a
positive affect on the film in my opinion, the voice over just
becomes annoying and confusing throughout sections of the movie. The
thematic message of the film is clearly stated though, at the end of the
movie, the thoughts of Deckard. Deckard questions the true meaning
of life, comparing his beliefs to the ones of the replicants and Roy
Batty's conversation at the end of the movie. The narrating of the movie is effective in telling the audience what the author was aiming to do, without it I do believe the audience would be loss. The reason being is that the movie wasn't done very well, this is the reason for the Director's cut being released short afterwards. The thematic message of
the film slightly differed from the book but still followed the theme
of the book very loosely.Thursday, March 20, 2014
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The Blade Runner (1982) film was
produced with a voice over track because the producers of the movie
didn't believe that the audience would be able to follow along with
the movie. The voice over sets up the scenes and fills in any wrong
interpretations the audience may developed from what the directors
wanted to convey. The voice over also explains the thought of Deckard's while he questions the androids and the way he interprets the various
statements made towards him. The voice over doesn’t really have a
positive affect on the film in my opinion, the voice over just
becomes annoying and confusing throughout sections of the movie. The
thematic message of the film is clearly stated though, at the end of the
movie, the thoughts of Deckard. Deckard questions the true meaning
of life, comparing his beliefs to the ones of the replicants and Roy
Batty's conversation at the end of the movie. The narrating of the movie is effective in telling the audience what the author was aiming to do, without it I do believe the audience would be loss. The reason being is that the movie wasn't done very well, this is the reason for the Director's cut being released short afterwards. The thematic message of
the film slightly differed from the book but still followed the theme
of the book very loosely.
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The first 2 times I saw Blade Runner I remember liking them film a lot more than I did this past time. And now I've realized that before this viewing I was the director's cut with no voice-over. I agree with your opinion about the voice over of this film. This version of the film basically ruins anything artistic about the film. Art is supposed to be interpretive. Different people are suppose to watch it and get different things out of it. Everyone is supposed to watch and decide what certain elements mean to them personally. This producer's version of the film eliminates that. There is no room for interpretation. Everything is spelled out plainly for the viewer. There's no individual thinking that needs to be done, no personal interpretations. The thematic message is just plainly said.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is why the film was received poorly at first. Even though people think we’d like to be just given things. We are biologically coded to want to work for things, at least for things that interest us personally. And this goes for everything. There’s no fun in winning a sport, a game, or achieving anything if you didn't have an active part in it. It is the thrill of the chase. People like to get their brain juices flowing. And the producer version Blade Runner for the most part ruins that by taking any chances to do that out of the film by straight up giving the thematic message to us.