What theme or themes have you found in a feature film you ha
What theme or themes have you found in a feature film you have studied this year, which are relevant to a modern audience?The film, 'Blade Runner: Director's Cut,' (BRDC) directed by Ridley Scott, explores a major theme that is relevant to us as a modern audience. The main theme is the questioning of humanity. This film forces the viewer to really wonder what humanity actually is, and how human we are. It forces us as the viewer to question our values, and to ponder over the difference between human and inferior beings.In, 'BRDC,' the main theme is the question of what is humanity? One of the ways we wonder this, is through the replicants. Replicants are genetically engineered beings, or clones that are illegal on Earth. A number of rebel replicants have escaped from their 'off-world' colony to Earth, where they wish to seek more life from their creator. They are only given a four-year life span. The film follows Deckard (Harrison Ford) as he is given the task of finding the replicants and 'retiring' or killing them. This forces us as the viewer to question the humanity issues of this. We wonder if it is right to kill something that will only last four years. For example, the replicants appear to be human as is seen at the
For example, the rogue replicant leader, Roy Batty displays his emotions in his final battle scene with Deckard. "Another major part of this film that makes the viewer question what it is to be human is the character Rachel. Tyrell also uses the quote "More human than human," to define his goal of what the replicants should be. The treatment of the replicants makes the viewer wonder what really being human is and we ask ourselves the question: how human are we? . This is where she discovers what she really is, and realises all her memories, and thus her whole life have not been real. This shows that Batty is more intelligent than a genius, yet he is not more human. She is a replicant designed by Tyrell as a test. The fact that the subject of his mother provoked such an emotional response from Leon, shows that he does possess human qualities, despite claims from the creator Tyrell that replicants can not experience human emotion. Therefore, the replicants begin to develop emotions when the end of their short life span approaches. Leon shows in this scene that he does possess emotions, and while the viewer questions his humanity as he kills another man, they are also forced to question the humanity issues of killing them. As a viewer, I feel it is wrong to 'retire' the replicants, as no one is perfect. Once again, the viewer questions humanity. He recalls some of his great false memories in his emotional speech where he says: "I have seen c-beams glitter in the dark.
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