Blade Runner [[electronic resource] /] / Matt Hills

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814511303321
• Autore: Hills Matt
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 9780231504645
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Collana: Cultographies
• Disciplina: 791.4372
• Soggetti: Motion picture producers; Motion pictures -- History; Motion pictures; Music, Dance, Drama & Film; Film
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 MULTIPLES AND MEMORIES; 2 TELLING THE CULT DIFFERENCE?; 3 AUTHENTICITIES AND ANXIETIES; 9 DIFFERENT CULTS?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: More than just a box office flop that resurrected itself in the midnight movie circuit, Blade Runner (1982) achieved extraordinary cult status through video, laserdisc, and a five-disc DVD collector's set. Blade Runner has become a network of variant texts and fan speculations; a franchise created around just one film. Some have dubbed the movie ""classroom cult"" for its participation in academic debates, while others have termed it ""meta-cult,"" in line with the work of Umberto Eco. The film has also been called ""design cult,"" thanks to Ridley Scott's brilliant creation