Over the past few years I have viewed Blade Runner, and it’s many different cuts, and each time I come away with new ideas and questions on my mind. Ridley Scott’s film explores many issues, but perhaps my favorite is what it means to be human. No matter the version you watch, I believe that Scott’s film comes to the conclusion that being human is more complex than the outcome of the Voigt-Kampff test. I’ve personally come to the conclusion that Scott and screenwriters Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples aim to make Roy and his other Nexus-6 followers tragic and sympathetic characters that are as human as Sebastian or Tyrell. The story opens up by making the characters seem like the villains of the film, with Leon murdering agent Holden and Roy’s threatening demeanor. …show more content…
Zhora’s death is displayed in horrifying detail, as the bullets riddle her body and her screams of agony are drowned out by Vangelis’s beautiful and haunting musical score. Actress Joanna Cassidy’s expression is one of horror as she continues to run and eventually die. In the aftermath we see Leon as a witness to the proceedings, and his expression is filled with both shock and sadness. The concept of fear is later brought up by Leon when he attacks Deckard and states to him that it’s “painful to live in fear, isn’t it?” Fear is something that can be replicated, but this line explains the actions of Roy and his gang, as they are a group of outcasted individuals that have real emotions, real memories and are murdered for their