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The question of whether Deckard is intended to be a human or a replicant has been an ongoing controversy since the film's release. [136] [137] Both Michael Deeley and Harrison Ford wanted Deckard to be human, while Hampton Fancher preferred ambiguity. [138] Ridley Scott has stated that he envisaged Deckard as a replicant.
Ridley Scott stated in several interviews that he considers Deckard to be a replicant. [16] [18] Syd Mead, the film's visual futurist, agreed with Scott that Deckard is a replicant. [16] Douglas Trumbull, the film's visual effects supervisor, stated that he does not know Deckard's true nature and that the issue is an enigma. [16]
A primary element of the Blade Runner film is the ambiguity over whether the protagonist, Deckard, is a human or a replicant. This ties into one of the central themes of the film: the nature of humanity. Ultimately, the important point is not whether Deckard is a replicant but that the ambiguity blurs the line between humans and replicants. [2]
Ridley Scott stated in several interviews that he considers Deckard to be a replicant. [30] [32] Syd Mead, the film's visual futurist, agreed with Scott that Deckard is a replicant. [30] Douglas Trumbull, the film's visual effects supervisor, stated that he does not know Deckard's true nature and that the issue is an enigma. [30]
The novel was set several months after the events of Blade Runner, following Deckard living in an isolated shack outside of Los Angeles, with Rachael with him in a Tyrell transport container, intended to slow down the replicant aging process. Deckard is called in by the human template of Rachael, Sarah Tyrell, to hunt down a missing replicant ...
What’s more, 40 years after “Blade Runner” and the mountain of chatter that film has inspired about whether Harrison Ford’s Deckard is a replicant or not (an issue so murky and never quite ...
The monologue is near the conclusion of Blade Runner, in which detective Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) has been ordered to track down and kill Roy Batty, a rogue artificial "replicant". During a rooftop chase in heavy rain, Deckard misses a jump and hangs on to the edge of a building by his fingers, about to fall to his death.
The widow of artist John Silk Deckard was a master printmaker and sculptor, a mother and a grandmother who was 85 years old. Joan Matta Deckard, known professionally as Matta D., created art for ...