Hall: Director's Cut, Hands Down.

As previously discussed in the previous blog, the Blade Runner producers added the voice over when the film received poor reviews in the initial sneak previews. They thought the film was too confusing for the common American people and they wanted the audience to simultaneously find Ford's character more relatable and the plot easier to follow. They went against Scott's purposeful decision to film Blade Runner in the style of a film noir, but without the customary detective voice over. The resulting film went against the director's desired intent. When this happens, it is extremely evident that elements of the film will get lost to the wayside, including the director's overarching message and dream for the flim. 
Okay, so at this point it is clear that the producer's desire for simplification of the film detracted from Scott's real motivations, "confusion was exactly what he hoped to create" (Pfeiffer 124). I really like this quote and think it not only plays into what Scott wanted to create but also what Dick endeavored to create in his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. If an idea(s) confuses you, the hopefully natural inclination is to think about them. This leads to a new interpretation and a closer look at what an artist is trying to convey. Both mediums seem to be seeking a response cultivated from careful thought. They don't want to simply hand over answers about the worlds they have created, they want the audience to think about the questions they pose and get confused, realize that answers (if even obtainable) are not easy to come by.  
THe lack of the voice over in the director's cut, allowed the audeince to develop  personal feeling behind scenes such as Roy's death and allowed them to come to their own conclusions regarding the affinity or lack there of when it came to the emotion of and emotion concerning the Blade Runner's androids. 
This commonality of confusion is why I thought that the director's cut was a much more faithful translation of Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.At some points during the original film, it is even harder to discern the difference between androids and humans to the point where (like in the novel) it is difficult to know whether Deckard himself is an android or a human. 
Ridley Scott adds to this with the addition and extension of certain scenes, such as the addition of dream scenes involving a unicorn. The addition of these scenes simultaneously contributes to the confusion, and possibly lends itself to a greater level of interpretation.One of the most crucial differences between the two is the differences between the ending. In the 1982 version, Rick Deckard and Rachel are seen driving off into the sunshine, a lush green landscape around them. This is what detracts most from the commonality between the novel and the film. The earth is supposed to be deslotate and a wasteland, yet a couple miles outside of the city there is fertile land? I don't think so. The director's cut version is a lot more similar to the novel in that you aren't given the satisfaction of a happy ending, things are left off rather suddenly without any clear resolution. The misdirection of both the novel and of the director's cut is why I think the 1991 version is much more effective.