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He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 4 'skin jobs', a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious. href >news. Do not forget the tremendous soundtrack by Vangelis and listen to some â™¦ Bladerunner blues.

The esteemed panel includes the Oscar®-winning Producer of Blade Runner, Michael Deeley (The Italian Job, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Deer Hunter) and legendary conceptual and industrial designer, Syd Mead (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Tron, Aliens, 2010) who contributed key set and vehicle designs for the film. Frances Anderton, Host of the e“DnAu” (Design and Architecture) show on National Public Radio (KCRW, Los Angeles) and Producer of “To the Point/Which Way LAi” will serve as moderator for the panel. Ridley Scott, Oscar®-winning Director of Blade Runner and the upcoming Robin Hood (2010), has expressed interest in attending the evening

The event, which will be held at the firmi’s prestigious Sunset Boulevard galleries in Los Angeles, is planned to coincide with the opening of the auction preview for the April 20, 20th Century Decorative Arts sale and will serve as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Conservancy. i“Blade Runner: Designing the Futured” is the latest installment of the ongoing 20th Century design lecture series, which has the goal of engaging the design community in a dialogue about related topics.

T“Bonhams & Butterfields is thrilled to present two film industry legends, Producer Michael Deeley and designer Syd Mead for a design-based discussion of the cult film classic Blade Runner. As we are now only nine years away from the imagined 2019 portrayed in the film, we look forward to exploring the relevance of the important environmental and social themes of Blade Runner as well as the filme’s continued impact on the design zeitgeist. It will be especially interesting to explore the film ’s prescient vision of a Los Angeles future as viewed through the lens of the present day cityscape,p” said Katie Nartonis, Junior Specialist at Bonhams & Butterfields.