I wrote a paper on the Voight-Kampff and this topic. It’s super interesting
Can the Voight-Kampff test be administered to NPC’s? They appear to be human but are obviously programmed to run orangemanbad.exe at all times.
My memory is that Deckerd is or might be a replicant. That might be more book than movie since I’ve read it a lot more recently.
i hoped for so much more from Sean
One of my all time favorite movies. The gritty scenes in LA were prescient. Harrison Ford was all over it!
Dreaming of Electric Sheep.
It’s amazing how well the visuals and effects of Blade Runner hold up after so many years. It still is stunning and beautiful. Unlike so many other Sci-Fy movies from that era.
The scene where Rachel goes to Deckard’s apartment to argue for her humanity is so rich and haunting -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-MYn1xxwVc
“Those aren’t your memories, they’re someone else’s.”
In the sequel it established that, at least in 2049, all Blade Runners are replicants - who else could go up against a genetically enhanced artificial person? The sequel also suggests that Deckard and Rachel were part of an experiment to see if replicants could successfully breed - one scene features Deckard in an abandoned Vegas casino as Elvis sings “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You.”
Great film.
I always liked actor Brion James who played the first replicant to fail the test. He also played General Munro in “The Fifth Element.” A good character actor who sadly died in 1999.
Never saw the sequel.
Didn't know there was one.
Sean Young. She was so beautiful (”Baby” movie for kids about dinosaurs; “BladeRunner”; “No Way Out” with Kevin Koster; others).
She send my young children signed photos and trading cards from “Baby”. That was classy and very well appreciated by them.
Love the music.
“Scene from “Blade Runner” (1982) - Deckard Meets Rachel (Voight-Kampf Test)”
Maybe it really was just an elaborate ruse to find out if she was a lesbian...