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Blade Runner is one of the most popular and influential science-fiction films of all time - and it has become an enduring cult classic favorite. It was directed by Ridley Scott and stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

This 1982 film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019. It has become a dark, polluted and overcrowded city dominated by cloud-piercing buildings and looming neon billboards, the air dense with acid rain and flying traffic, as well as Replicants - human androids. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and "retire" rogue replicants. Deckard is forced back into active duty.

Blade Runner is more than a movie. Not only does Blade Runner overwhelm the senses, it preys on our morals. It reveals fundamental truths and insight about human nature.

Blade Runner opens up a multiverse of perspectives for those who seek them. The further we journey through it’s sectors, the more there is to marvel at and amaze us. From the book, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick; the various screenplays; the different versions of the movie Blade Runner; to the many off-spring this work has spawned, we continue to keep alive this story. It has been analyzed, replicated, expanded upon and been paid tribute to by all means known to Man. We can see it’s influence in other books and movies. It has been rendered in the visual arts; in painting, sculpting, computer animation, architectural designs and even in fashion design. We can experience Blade Runner virtually with video games. We can listen to Blade Runner inspired music. This paradigm has been presented in live theatre productions, in dance recitals and on home video productions. Writers across the web have kept the story of Rick Deckard and company alive in fan-fiction. In a sense, Blade Runner has been mythologicalized. This website is for the Blade Runner Enthusiast, the writer, the artist, the dreamer and the mythmaker.

Here you will find poems, scripts, stories and art related to and inspired by the Blade Runner multiverse.

Just when you thought Blade Runner couldn't get any better, along comes MEMORIA! This is a five piece band performing original material to the back-drop of the movie Blade Runner. Formed in Italy, this rock oriented ensemble debuted the Blade Runner Rock Project in 2006. In 2007, I joined the team and wrote the English lyrics for this production. Read all about it here!

Douglas Trumbull: In Retrospect

Compiled and Edited by C.A. Chicoine

This article is based on a retrospective film series I attended given by Douglas Trumbull in October of 2006. Although my focus is on the movie Blade Runner, I have included highlights of Mr. Trumbull's career as a means to enlighten the reader unfamiliar to him and his work. As a result, I have integrated previous interviews, articles and materials on Mr. Trumbull into this article.

Douglas Trumbull: In Retrospect

[Updated July 2008!]

Blade Runner Timeline:

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Music heard in background is from the movie Blade Runner. "Pompeii 76 A.D.", from the album "Harps Of The Ancient Temples", conceived and performed by Gail Laughton.