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Blade Runner (1982)
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Color system

Eastman Color Print Film 5384 / 7384

Blade Runner (USA 1982, Ridley Scott).

Credit: Academie Film Archive.

Photographs of the Eastman Color Print Film Type 5384 by Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.

See corresponding gallery of a faded print on the Eastman Color page.

 

 

Contemporary Reception:

Canby, Vincent (1982): Going to the Movies, II. In: The New York Times, Jul., p. 13 and p. 18. View Quote
Full text on The New York Times website. View Link

 

 

Selected Analyses:

Bellantoni, Patti (2005): If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die. The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling. Taylor & Francis, on pp. 141–146. View Quote

Bruno, Giuliana (2002): Ramble City. Postmoderne und Blade Runner. In: Die Postmoderne im Kino. Ein Reader. Marburg: Schüren, pp. 65–79. (in German)

Carmichael, Jae (1982): Lighting and Production Design. In: American Cinematographer, 63,11, pp. 1156–1161, on p. 1157. View Quote

Dryer, David (1982): Blade Runner. Special Photographic Effects. In: American Cinematographer, 63,7, pp. 692–693, 725–732, on pp. 692–693. View Quote

Lightman, Herb A.; Patterson, Richard (1982): Blade Runner. Production Design and Photography. In: American Cinematographer, 63,7, pp. 684–687, 715–725, on pp. 720–723. View Quote

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