[Paul C. Jesup]

I detest the NYT, but the main article was not about Blade Runner, just this foot note, that is why I did not post the link to the original article, because you would have to weed throught the BS to find this foot note.

Anyway, it seems that Jerry Perenchio is being a jerk and doesn't want anyone to see the Blade Runner that was it was meant to be seen.

I know there are quite a few Blade Runners on FR and I think you might want a heads up on this.

[MayDay72]

Geek BUMP!!!

[Dallas59]

Why? Blade Runner sucked. The effects were great tho. The movie, the plot was all chopped up. Looks like People who didn't like SF made the movie.

[highnoon]

I liked the movie quite a bit. My college philosophy professor had the class watch the film in class....dripping with symbolism. Pretty much have to watch it alot to catch everything.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Bump. I wish I had a ping list for Blade Runner fans.

[weegee]

Anyway, it seems that Jerry Perenchio is being a jerk and doesn't want anyone to see the Blade Runner that was it was meant to be seen.

Actually I think that the way it was "meant" to be seen was on a large screen projected from film. I own a laserdisc player but resisted buying any of the LD versions of the film (even used when I found them for under $10) because I prefer to see this on a big screen for it to "work".

I won't watch Lawrence of Arabia on a tv screen either. I bought Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers' The Party and don't think that it works as well on tv either (the house needs to be huge in the final scenes).

Good revival theaters are a hard thing to find. I keep saying that there are plenty of films that should only be seen theatrically and also that there are films that can only be shown theatrically (the home video rights are tied up for some reason or other while the theatrical releases are still clear provided someone doesn't try to modify the film).