Blade Runner: Tears in Perpetual Rain
“Blade Runner is not ‘about’ social stratification or identity, cultural alienation, or urban decay. Blade Runner is about death. The death of everything.” — Paul M. Sammon; Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner
Longevity is one of the themes of Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece. One’s total lifespan, if not their impact on the rest of the world. In the story, Rachel…