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Blade Runner (1982)
(122 Images)

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

Maslin, Janet (1982): Futuristic Blade Runner. In: The New York Times, Jun., p. C10. 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

Sammon, Paul M. (1996): Future Noir. The Making of Blade Runner. New York: Harper Paperbacks, on pp. 2–3 View Quote and on p. 6. View Quote

 

 

Production Reports:

Sammon, Paul M. (1996): Future Noir. The Making of Blade Runner. New York: Harper Paperbacks, on pp. 72–74 View Quote, on pp. 97–99 View Quote, on pp. 104–105 View Quote, on pp. 108–111 View Quote, on pp. 117–118 View Quote, on p. 120 View Quote, on pp. 134–135 View Quote, on p. 161 View Quote, on p. 163 View Quote, on p. 180 View Quote, on pp. 230–236 View Quote, on pp. 243–244 View Quote, on pp. 249–253 View Quote, on pp. 257–259 View Quote and on pp. 263–264. View Quote

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