false 80234 5 The 1992 release of the "Director's Cut" only confirmed what the international film cognoscenti have know all along: Ridley Scott's <I>Blade Runner,</I> based on Philip K. Dick's brilliant and troubling SF novel <I>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,</I> still rules as the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential SF film ever made. <P> Future Noir is the story of that triumph. <P> The making of Blade Runner was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry. <P> A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and the art that is modern Hollywood, Future Noir is the intense, intimate, anything-but-glamerous inside account of how the work of SF's most uncompromising author was transformed into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic. 2997413 book 1 5 1996 Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner total:119|5:39|4:55|3:23|2:2|1:0| 119 488 164 17 4 0 false false Fri Dec 19 14:05:01 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 14:11:21 -0800 2008
I've always wanted to buy this thing, but found a deal o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 19 20:00:02 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 20:05:55 -0700 2007
I don't recall being particularly enamored of the writing styl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:44:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:47:59 -0800 2009 IMHO, it does not appear that anyone had control of the screen play...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 05:29:45 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 01:21:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 03:15:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 03:20:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Feb 02 15:05:20 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:06:21 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Tue Apr 10 08:39:48 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 08:45:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 14:40:40 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:40:53 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 14 17:27:22 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 17:27:45 -0700 2007 Blade Runner went through so many incarnations and has such a complicated history, and Sammon does a great job of telling its story. This book is really engaging, with a POV that's Just Fannish Enough. (Although Sammon's totally wrong about the Director's Cut being better than the International Cut....more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 27 08:06:48 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 25 11:36:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 03 22:14:35 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 22:44:52 -0800 2008
Still, it's got many great stories from the production's troubled history, and Sammon deserves tons of credit. He not only cov...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Sep 23 12:25:48 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 12:27:00 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 07:01:03 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 07:02:54 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed May 21 10:27:59 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 10:28:43 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 26 07:30:30 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 07:30:30 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Oct 05 20:29:15 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 20:30:41 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 03:32:45 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 03:33:09 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 11:50:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:39:25 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:50:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 17:29:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:29:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 03:08:06 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:50:33 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2038063