Blade Runner Film Noir

Film Noir
1. The historical setting
a. Futuristic Los Angeles, that is familiar, however extremely crowded and corrupted. The corruption stemming from an overpowered government/business, like the Replicant brain-hub, and symbolized through the constant rain and gloominess. It’s understandable that the ‘Dream’ is to leave Earth to join another planet colony.
2. The protagonist
a. Deckard is a retired Bladerunner, aka a Replicant hitman, forced to do one last job. He leaves alone in his house and spends his evenings drinking, and rather pessimistic. He doesn’t have any special abilities, except for his detective skills, and doesn’t necessary go out of his way to try to make the world a better place.
3. The Noir World
a. External: L.A., dark,

The Toy makers house was cluttered, surreal, and a bit creepy; however, creates part of the Visual Style of the film and later creates tension for the protagonist Deckard as he is searching among the toys for Pris.
7. The iconography of Noir
a. In Blade Runner, it was always gloomy and/or raining. Buildings and streets were always soaked in water, an ambient rain in the background leads to the films despondent Noir themes. And being LA, there were a lot of neon lights, crowded kiosks, and jumbo screens depicting advertisements or women for sale.
The protagonist, Deckard, begins as a low mimetic hero. Later, he is thrust into a Romantic hero for his Bladerunner detective skills, and because he exists in a world where space travel is possible and genetic engineering is the norm. In tragedy as the Deckard is removed from society by the end as we assume that he and Racheal escape Earth or at least flee north away from LA
By using multiple genres, filmmakers are able to reinvent already conventional ideas. It gives the film more depth and more possibilities while still following a structure, that would be with just one genre, rather limiting. Also, science fiction aspect of the film uses Replicants and an apocalyptic future settings to ask an important philosophical question about the nature of human beings. How Racheal, a non-human being, ironically brings out the human emotions of