> Someone recently stated that the Peoples script for Blade Runner is a
> masterwork of its genre. I have never read the script as opposed to
> seeing both the original release and director's cut of the film. While I
> appreciate the inventiveness of the film's visual style, especially the
> repetition of motifs having to do with the eye, but the narrative never
> seems to explore any of the interesting implications of the story. There
> are interesting themes broached on memory and the construction of
> identity, and the use of empathic response as a means of distinguishing
> the human from the inhuman reminds me a bit of Bataille's Theory of
> Religion, however, these elements seem to be overshadowed by cliched
> references to historical slavery and racism and by a forced resolution of
> Deckard's relationship to Rachel at the film's conclusion. If the
> problems that I have with the film are substantial, could someone please
> justify for me the epithet of masterwork that this film boasts?
>
>                       paul ryersbach
 
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