Ghost
06 Aug 2005, 11:07 PM
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It was a commercial bomb of the first order.
Its star hated the director, hated the female lead, and still will hardly mention the movie. He once derisively commented that the film was about "whether or not you can fall in love with your toaster."
It was released originally in a severely compromised form, scarred by producers who insisted on a ridiculously tacked-on happy ending and a voice-over intentionally botched in the hopes it wouldn't make the cut. (Bad move). It would only put forward its best foot in a somewhat harrried Director's Cut 10 years later.
It has one of the best deathbed speeches in the history of cinema, delivered (and partially written) by a man who would be starring in things like Blind Fury in the following years.
It suffers through a slew of basic continuity errors, some of the worst dubbed dialogue imaginable and Daryl Hannah.
Yet it's one of the best films I've ever seen.
Its impact visually was instant and lasting, so much so that saying "sci-fi movie" and "a look inspired by Blade Runner" are virtually redundant. But it's only now that its themes, centered on the clash of technology, morality and human identity, are becoming increasingly immediate. It's on the short list of most influential movies ever.
There was a lot of love on another thread for this movie, so I figured a thread was in order. Say what you'd like. Me, I just remember being in a club late one Friday night years ago. They were playing Blade Runner on their television system high above the dance floor. I remember watching Sean Young walk into the movie and thinking what a pristine image I was watching.
It was a commercial bomb of the first order.
Its star hated the director, hated the female lead, and still will hardly mention the movie. He once derisively commented that the film was about "whether or not you can fall in love with your toaster."
It was released originally in a severely compromised form, scarred by producers who insisted on a ridiculously tacked-on happy ending and a voice-over intentionally botched in the hopes it wouldn't make the cut. (Bad move). It would only put forward its best foot in a somewhat harrried Director's Cut 10 years later.
It has one of the best deathbed speeches in the history of cinema, delivered (and partially written) by a man who would be starring in things like Blind Fury in the following years.
It suffers through a slew of basic continuity errors, some of the worst dubbed dialogue imaginable and Daryl Hannah.
Yet it's one of the best films I've ever seen.
Its impact visually was instant and lasting, so much so that saying "sci-fi movie" and "a look inspired by Blade Runner" are virtually redundant. But it's only now that its themes, centered on the clash of technology, morality and human identity, are becoming increasingly immediate. It's on the short list of most influential movies ever.
There was a lot of love on another thread for this movie, so I figured a thread was in order. Say what you'd like. Me, I just remember being in a club late one Friday night years ago. They were playing Blade Runner on their television system high above the dance floor. I remember watching Sean Young walk into the movie and thinking what a pristine image I was watching.