Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Blade Runner
We’ve had a successful relaunch of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. I say relaunch because we have done this type of thing before. For the next month, I will be spotlighting previous movie scripts we have studied.
Today: Blade Runner (1982)
Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, novel by Philip K. Dick
IMDb plot summary: A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Links to the entire October 2011 series:
General Comments
Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.