Who has been influenced by Blade Runner?

This might be kind of an amateur question, but I'm going to ask it anyway because I?m curious. I read all these articles about Blade Runner that say that the movie has influenced a lot of people, but the articles never specifically state who those people are. I have heard it?s one of Christopher Nolan?s favorite movies, but who else (directors, artists, writers) has talked about being inspired by Blade Runner?

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Good question. I'll start with one, to get the ball rolling.

Claudia Black (Australian Actress)

More influenced by Blade Runner than Alien

Asked what SF works influenced her, Blade Runner crops up. "I saw it for the first time when I was about 10, and then saw the director's cut about 10 years later," Black said.

"I was amazed at how much of it had imprinted on my mind. It was an enormously progressive and intelligent look at the future."

Source: http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/mov ... 00203.html

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Nancy Schreiber, American Cinematographer.

In an interview from 2001:

Filmoz-DavidW (Feb 3, 2001 1:23:05 PM)
Nancy...we all have films that have influenced style, ideas that sort of stuff...does one particular film stand out for you?


Nancy Schreiber (Feb 3, 2001 1:23:46 PM)
Definitely The Conformist. Storaro is such a master of so many differeni styles all found in that one movie. The lighting and the framing were exquisite and probably influenced me to become a cinematographer. Later, I was also quite influenced by Blade Runner, photographed by Jordon Cronenweth.

Source: http://www.cameraguild.com/interviews/c ... reiber.htm

I believe film director Ridley Scott has been heavily influenced by the movie.




Chris Nolan had the cast of Batman Begins watch the movie before they made the film. He told them that was the feel he wanted for it.

Also, I don't know if you guys remember the ol' Max Headroom series, but... whoah.

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Also, I don't know if you guys remember the ol' Max Headroom series, but... whoah.

I like the concept of Max Headroom. The first episode, among others, may be viewed here.

It's been written that it was "inspired by equal parts 1984, Blade Runner, and MTV."

i think david fincher has been influenced by blade runner. he definitely likes to surround himself with people who worked on blade runnner.

i think david fincher has been influenced by blade runner. he definitely likes to surround himself with people who worked on blade runnner.

I was looking it up online and he apparently did a Blade Runner coke commercial in 1993. Here is the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOT24fOKKig

Now, that you pointed it out I can really see Blade Runner's influence in the way Fincher's movies look and feel.

WOW...it seems like it may have even used some of the props from the film including the crossing signs and the Neon circles with Kanji.

It has been known for some time that musician and film director Rob Zombie was a big fan of BR and wrote his song "more human than human" as a tribute. He has also been seen wearing a hat with a Blade Runner patch on it.

Here is some clip and paste from Wikipedia in case you havn't seen it yet...

Although it initially gained a small North American audience, the film was popular internationally and became a cult classic which has been often referenced in other media. Blade Runner's dark cyberpunk style and futuristic design have served as a benchmark and its inspiration can be seen in many subsequent science fiction films and television programs, such as Max Headroom, Batman, RoboCop, The Fifth Element, Brazil, Dark Angel, Judge Dredd, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, The Matrix, I, Robot, and Children of Men.[citation needed] and in anime, including Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Armitage III, Silent M?bius, Cowboy Bebop, Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police Files, Parasite Dolls, Heat Guy J and Ergo Proxy.[citation needed]

The film arguably marks the introduction of the cyberpunk genre into popular culture.[citation needed] Blade Runner continues to reflect modern trends and concerns, and an increasing number consider it one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.[29] The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently used in university courses. It is one of the most musically sampled films of the 20th century.[30] Leon is sampled, saying: "Wake up time to die" in the Pop Will Eat Itself song named for the quote. He is also sampled in the song by Tricky titled, "Aftermath," saying, "Let me tell you about my mother." The character Roy Batty served as the apparent inspiration of several songs, such as Audioslave's "Show Me How To Live", White Zombie's "Electric Head" and "More Human Than Human" (a Tyrell Corporation slogan), Gary Numan's "Time To Die", Covenant's "Like Tears In Rain" and "Replicant", Diesel Christ's "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?", Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Love Missile F1-11", Hoodlum Priest's "Tyrell" and Kent's "OWC", Fightstar's "Lost Like tears in rain".

Other Rock songs influenced by the film (and the book it is based upon) include Blind Guardian's "Time What Is Time", Fear Factory's "Replica", Gary Numan's "Are 'Friends' Electric?", Incubus' "Talk Shows On Mute", Kim Wilde's "Bladerunner", Circle of Dust's "Pale Reflection," Revolting Cocks's "Attack Ships on Fire," and Tan-Hauser Gate's "Little Piece of You".

"Ridley Scott's film remains the defining vision of futuristic science fiction." ? Steve Biodrowski
Blade Runner has also influenced the adventure games Rise of the Dragon, Snatcher and Flashback: The Quest for Identity, the role-playing game Shadowrun, the computer game System Shock and the Syndicate games. The fictional language Cityspeak has been used in many cyberpunk genre role-playing games. The memorable Scrap Brain Zone level from the original Sonic the Hedgehog features an almost identical score to the Blade Runner 'End Title' theme, and is clearly a direct tribute.[citation needed]

Director Christopher Nolan used Blade Runner as "an interesting lesson on the technique of exploring and describing a credible universe that doesn't appear to have any boundaries", he applied this inspiration to the production of Batman Begins.[31]

Blade Runner is currently ranked the third best film of all time by The Screen Directory.[32]

Not sure if this helps.

Also I did find a dead link to a quote from Davin Fincher about how Ridley Scott's Commercials influenced him and included Blade Runner in it, but the google link was outdated and the page was gone.

I love how this film's influence just subtly drips its way throughout time, continuously, from year to year.

Some movies have a BANG! influence on everything...this movie is the quiet agent that slips in and leaves its mark.

I love it.

I just read recently that Frank Darabont may have been involved on the new DVD set, and that he is a hugh BR fan. I do know for a fact that he bought the first Rick Ross PKD ever sold at the Mad Model party in 1997.

It's influenced me a great deal, not that I'm anyone important. My writing reflects BR and so does my attitude. It's my very favorite movie of all time.