Rules of the Frame

018 | Blade Runner ft. Steve Snediker

Episode Summary

It's 2019! Which means Connor and Riley are dissecting Ridley Scott's vision of 2019 Los Angeles in the classic science-fiction film Blade Runner. They are joined by Steve Snediker, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The Rules of the Frame crew reach a whole new level of nerdiness as they discuss crazy production conditions, all different versions of Blade Runner, connections to Blade Runner 2049, and the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Full spoilers for Blade Runner Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame

Episode Notes

It's 2019! Which means Connor and Riley are dissecting Ridley Scott's vision of 2019 Los Angeles in the classic science-fiction film Blade Runner. They are joined by Steve Snediker, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The Rules of the Frame crew reach a whole new level of nerdiness as they discuss crazy production conditions, all different versions of Blade Runner, connections to Blade Runner 2049, and what it really means to be human.

Full spoilers for Blade Runner

Link to Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner - https://www.amazon.com/Future-Noir-Revised-Updated-Making/dp/0062699466/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=future+noir&qid=1552883172&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Films mentioned in this episode:

• Blade Runner (1982) | Dir. Ridley Scott
• Alien (1979) | Dir. Ridley Scott
• Brazil (1985) | Dir. Terry Gilliam
• Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | Dir. Denis Villeneuve
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) | Dir. Richard Linklater
• Total Recall (1990) | Dir. Paul Verhoeven
• Minority Report (2002) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• The Adjustment Bureau (2011) | Dir. George Nolfi
• Her (2013) | Dir. Spike Jonze
• Ready Player One (2018) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Last Year At Marienbad (1961) | Dir. Alain Resnais
• Matchstick Men (2003) | Dir. Ridley Scott
• Prometheus (2012) | Dir. Ridley Scott
• Alien: Covenant (2017) } Dir. RIdley Scott
• The Iron Giant (1999) | Dir. Brad Bird
• The Notebook (2004) | Dir. Nick Cassavetes
• Witness (1985) | Dir. Peter Weir
• Cinema Paradiso (1988) | Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | Dir. Rob Reiner
• The Seventh Seal (1957) | Dir. Ingmar Bergman
• Wild Strawberries (1957) | Dir. Ingmar Bergman

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