1. “Wake up, time to die.” Edited by: Dr. Kay Picart, Donna Gallagher, and Kristen Millen Blade Runner

2. Show Contents Production History Production History Character Analysis Character Analysis Blade Runner and the Frankenstein Myth Blade Runner and the Frankenstein Myth

3. Production History  Based in part on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  Later turned into a screenplay by Hampton Fancher  Fancher kept many elements of the novel, though he eliminated many key aspects  Due to disagreements with Ridley Scott, the director, Fancher was replaced with David Peoples

4. Production Notes (Cont.)  Peoples gave the story its detective, noir-ish feel  The monologue of the film was tacked on during postproduction much to the dismay of the director and his star  The originally released film was not Scott’s fully realized version (for example, it excluded the unicorn scene)  The film, which cost $30m to make only made $14.8m at the box office  However, much like Rocky Horror Picture Show, it obtained cult status and became a sci-fi hit

5. Production Notes (cont.)  The director’s cut was not released until 1992, ten years after the original with symbolic unicorn scene intact

6. Character Analysis There is one Frankenstein-like character There is one Blade Runner There are two male and three female Nexus 6 replicants There is one helpful assistant

7. The Image of the Eye

8. Creature vs. Creator Who is the alienated and lonely creature in the Frankensteinian myth?

9. Kill Off the Women Who represents power through physical strength and sexual prowess? Who is represented as the sexualized femininely monstrous figure that also poses a threat to Deckard? Do both need to be expelled?