On "Blade Runner 2049"

Ryan Gosling in Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049.
Courtesy of Warner Bros.

From The Dispatch:

Ridley Scott’s original “Blade Runner” is a seminal work of science fiction, an introspective rumination on the nature of life and what it means to be human. It was the sci-fi offspring of German Expressionism and film noir, and remains a staggering example of intelligent mainstream filmmaking that turned a sometimes marginalized genre into pure pop art. Rather than operate as a vehicle for 1980s nostalgia, Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” feels like a natural, even essential, continuation of the story of the original film. Villeneuve wisely takes the themes of Scott’s “Blade Runner” and explores them from a new angle, while maintaining fidelity to the world built by its now classic predecessor.

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