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A guide to cinema – science fiction
| February 17, 2012 | Posted by Sep Gohardani under guide to cinema |
As a genre, science fiction gives the prospective film-maker the opportunity to experiment with themes that might not be as accessible in other genres. Sure enough, most of the best sci-fi films are heavily philosophical, and use the pseudo-science as a medium to bring to light many of the most important philosophical questions. Others provide a fantastic social commentary and warn us of the future of humanity, so it isn’t all hovercrafts and aliens. Not quite. 5. Blade Runner (1982) (Dir. Ridley Scott, Starring: Harrison Ford; Rutger Hauer; Sean Young; Daryl Hannah; Edward James Olmos, Certificate 15) A film that Ridley Scott has never quite managed to equal, Blade Runner, based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream… more
