![]() Sammon, author of the Blade Runner making-of bible Future Noir, Scott maintained that the effect is non-diegetic “ one more bit of detailing, if you like,” for the narrative benefit of the audience. Why do Deckard and other Blade Runners need a psychological test to bust replicants when the eyes give it away? Well, according to Paul M. They also have reflective eyes: shining, golden pupils that glow when the light hits them just right. The “Nexus” series of replicants we see in Blade Runner are indistinguishable from regular human beings: they look like us, they act like us, they have our memories, and they have feelings. Unless you’re an expert (or have a Voight-Kampff test handy), figuring out if someone is or is not a replicant is no easy task. More specifically, about the eerily luminous pupils of the film’s bioengineered androids, the replicants. And when we talk about Blade Runner’s visuals, we have to talk about eyes. From the film’s neon-filtered debt to film noir to the Tyrell Corporation’s Myan Revival-inspired ziggurats, style and substance work together to tell a great story. I’m not making a radio play, I’m making a movie.”īlade Runner provides ample proof of Scott’s passion for visual storytelling. And I thought, ‘What the fuck does that mean?’ Just because I could shoot better than most people, which is what made me such an employable commercial director, didn’t mean I wasn’t interested in story. In an interview with Variety, director Ridley Scott addresses the old critique that his early films were too visual: “They said was too beautiful, too image-driven. ![]() Welcome to How’d They Do That? - a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. ![]()
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