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Total Recall and the Dystopian City (2012)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

The art direction of this current film version of the Philip K. Dick short story reminded me of Bladerunner, especially the scenes around The Colony: a rainy, concrete-grey, vaguely Asian city populated by rogues and the disenchanted, occasionally punctuated by … Continue reading →

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Bladerunner (1982)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Bladerunner is a marvelous interpretation of the future-as-dystopia: a multi-tribal city looking like a cross between Tokyo, Hongkong, and that part of Woodside, Queens, below the elevated line. Its citizens are reminiscent of Casablanca‘s: generally harmless persons of ill repute … Continue reading →

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