By Drew Dietsch | Published
When we talk about some of the greatest failures in the history of cinema, there are two regular children of films in the center of that discussion: really terrible films that deserved to be rejected by the public and the misunderstood movies that simply did not have time.
Some of those in the second category end up being seen as legitimate nap teachers after having escaped the need to recover their money. And that is what we are seeing today, a science fiction masterpiece that did not return its budget at the box office and received mixed reactions from critics. And today, it is considered a cornerstone of the genre.
Blade Runner Origins
Based on the novel Do Androids dream of electric sheep? By iconic author Philip K. Dick, Blade Corredor It is the story of Rick Deckard, a retired police officer who specializes in hunting replicants. Replicators are artificial created human manufactured for manual labor. Deckard is brought back to work by his former boss and tracks a series of fugitive replicants while they also fall in love with a woman, Rachel, who is a replicant himself.
Now, just to cover my bases in everything I am going to say, let the disc show Blade Corredor It’s great. But it is not difficult to see why it touches so much time for most people to see it that way, and why some spectators can never see it.
Why Blade Runner failed for the public
Detective’s story in the heart of Blade Corredor It is the first thing in which it is when talking about why the film did not work for most audiences. Deckard’s thought is making the expected detection, the audience is also following rebel replicants. So, there is very little real mystery sensation in this part of the film. It is not really a mysterious story in this regard, so the rhythm of Deckard’s investigation can make the public feel that the film is slow.
Another important component for Blade Corredor It is the general vision of the future of director Ridley Scott of the future and all the artists he used to help shape that vision. Even the biggest Blade Corredor Detractors can admit that the production design and the execution of the film are amazing.
However, he does Blade Corredor In a more math work of art than a successful science fiction box office success. That is Vibe’s son who is practically guaranteed to work only for a select audience.
Blade Runner gets into producers
So there is what happened real Blade Corredor On the way to the editing bay. Certain producers were nervous about the film that made sense to the public. Then, against the will of Ridley Scott and the other main creatives behind the image, a voice of internal monologue for Deckard was created. Okay, this is not out of place for the movie Noir Inspirations Behind Blade CorredorBut it was a decision that only Harrison Ford felt quite strange when it happened. And although there are notable fans of the voice version of OFF, it is not exactly the most famous part of the race as Ford actor.
Then, the real interference began when the decision was made to reconfigure the end of the film to allow a happy escape between Deckard and Rachel. It was clear that production was becoming worrying about the people of money and wanted to try to mold the film that Ridley Scott had been becoming something trying to be more commercial and accessible.
But all his violin would end up being nothing. Blade Corredor He opened in place number two at the box office with a disappointing budget of $ 6 million $ 6 million compared to its budget of $ 30 million, the equivalent or almost $ 100 million today.
Harrison Ford vs.
He didn’t help that Blade Corredor I was opening in the third week of a huge change of pop culture game at the box office, Et the extraterrestrial. There is this common perception that Blade Corredor The well did not do it at the box office was a dour and bleak -looking movie while people riding the emotional maximums of He I think there is some credit on that argument, but I don’t think Blade Corredor He was ever going to be widely accepted by the general public, even if he had the best possible place in the launch calendar.
It is a strange, melancholic and meditative film that is not something moving that the conventional public almost never because they throw their support behind their culture is culturally to a Barbie movie. This is not a movie with an adorable and obscene hero who saves the big day. It is a dark and contemplative examination of what it means to be human, our calculation with the knowledge that we are going to die, the always destructive and apocalyptic nature of a society governed by capital. Look, Blade Corredor It’s great, but it’s not exactly a good moment in the cinema.
Blade Runner resurrection
Blade CorredorThe failure makes a lot of sense once it includes the context of its launch and the type of film that it is, but the most surprising Blade Corredor It is how his failure led him to Beeoply appreciation.
Only this is the initial launch, there were many spectators who fell in love with the adaptation of Ridley Scott of the Philip K. Dick novel, the Harrison Ford’s off voiceover. I thought the critical response was mixed at that time, science sciences saw how notable and innovative really work in the film.
This led to Blade Corredor When adopted as a cult film, and as more information about movies, problematic production went into the world, more fans of the film began to watch the value of the film.
And that led Ridley Scott to have the opportunity to hold the film in a way that completely changed its perception. In 1992, Warner Bros. launched Blade Runner: The director of the director. In this version, Scott eliminated each Bit of the voice of off from Deckard, cut the happy tax and even added a dream sequence that remodeled the entire story to add ambiguity to the identity of Deckard.
Scott had another opportunity to edit the film in 2007 with The final cutthat mostly contains everything from the Director of the director With newly shot effects and other digital changes.
Thanks to the multiple versions of Blade Corredor And his success too much for the home video, fans have had a lot of Blade Corredor To be excessive and comment over the years. The film has become more than a cult classic, as is evident for its inevitable franchise with a direct studio sequel in 2017, an animated series and a next series of transmission on Prime.
Blade Runner failed and became iconic
Excused, that is, Blade Corredor It is anything but a failure today. The science fiction film is alive and well, continuing to influence the new generations of filmmakers. But it is important to remember that the box office and the initial response to a film are often inconspectial for their real longevity in pop culture.
Here is a fun example: in 1982, Blade Corredor It was the 29th higher movie at the national box office. Why know some films that exceed it significantly that year? Shark machine at number 23, Firefox at number 14 and Pig In number 6. Now, unless you are an old or a movie fan, I am both, I would not have seen those films and you may not even know about them, but you have definitely crossed the paths with some of Blade Corredor.
Then, the next time that some other YouTube movie Dimwit wandered to throw on the importance of the box office, since it deals with the quality or cultural impact of a film, ask them why they do not have a collectible Pig Peefole on your toy shelf. And then see Blade Corredor Because it’s great.
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