Cinema / Film

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

88 Lothian Road

Tomorrow · 18:00

Ridley Scott · 117m · Film

About this event

All FH Birthday screenings (with the exception of 2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm) and Don't Look Now + discussion) will be priced at £6 for Filmhouse Members. Book tickets for two or more of our FH Birthday screenings in the same transaction as a non-member to receive a discount! All screenings on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June will be priced at £6 for Filmhouse Members and £8 for non-members. Screening because We've Got A Cinema And We're Not Afraid To Use It - read down for thoughts on the film from our team! Adapted from Philip K Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ridley Scott’s iconic dystopian classic is unquestionably one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. The year is 2019, and LA is playing unwitting host to a group of escaped synthetic humans called replicants. Bred for slavery on off-world colonies and outlawed on earth, these illegal immigrants are hunted by Blade Runners, and Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) has the task of 'retiring' them. What follows is a visually stunning and thematically dense future noir that delves deep into what it means to be human. -- "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes." Blade Runner: The Final Cut is my all-time favourite film because it seamlessly combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir, with heavy themes of existentialism. Touching on the ever-present theme of AI, Blade Runner: The Final Cut has the viewer constantly questioning the meaning of the protagonist's humanity and the depth of the Replicants' humanity, and if the camera itself is to some extent an unreliable narrator. Without spoiling it for those who haven't yet seen it, I would also like to highlight the frequently overlooked feminine point of view in the film's heavily capitalist and patriarchal society. Certain scenes touch on how not only Replicants but women in general are viewed through the eyes of heterosexual men, and therefore how female Replicants are expected to behave and the specific purpose which