| been re-written four or five different times), while he was putting the final post-production touches to Alien. The script at that time was called "Dangerous Days". Initially, Hampton Fancher was resistant to some of the changes proposed by Ridley and, as a co-owner of the project, Hampton was in a position of authority. But pressure to alter portions of the script became so great, that Hampton realised the only way to remedy the situation was to bring in another writer; David Webb Peoples. After completing work on Blade Runner, The film that came after Blade Runner, |
Legend, is probably Ridley Scott’s most poetic film to date. Like Blade Runner, and Alien before that, Legend shows us that Ridley Scott has a remarkable eye for detail and an unerring sense of the visual. Blade Runner epitomes his style. His first four films - plus others - all feature his trademarks prominently; billowing wreaths of smoke, counterpointed by stunning lighting effects, all framed so beautifully that any moment could be frozen and mounted on your wall. There is brain-stretching contrast in the worlds represented to us in the films of Ridley Scott. Napoleonic France in The Duellists, futuristic space in Alien, an earthly future in Blade Runner, an earthly fantasy in Legend, an even earthlier, more contemporary setting in Black Rain, and a remote and secluded setting in White Squall. The films of Ridley Scott are interested in the point at which manners and mechanics yield to monomania in a society or community. The principal photography for Blade Runner |
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