Filming the Blade Runner blimp

[center][/center]Yes, I've watched these videos before, & they are all highly enjoyable (not to be missed). A tale back from the days when industrial arts met film photography, in the most innovative ways possible. Certainly, one of the most impressive visual-effects shots of the film (especially at the time produced). The massive screen-billboard shots (blimp/skyscraper) are usually the most memorable (particularly when experienced theatrically), amongst the average viewer. Also, ones that resonate the most for me, & even more so now, in hindsight. Bonus link: [url=http://nonstop80s.blogspot.com/2011/11/where-are-they-now-billboard-geisha.html]Where are they now? Billboard Geisha[/url] Thanks djrees56. ^_^ [Center] [img]http://nynightclubbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/42nd_pic5.jpg[/img] The 42nd Street Bryant was showing softcore **** as early as the late 1960’s. Programming eventually went hardcore. The final years of the Bryant actually featured a “live-sex” show on stage with hardcore **** shown between the live acts. Admission to this type program was $3.99.[/Center] [Excerpt] "Blade Runner" is a film seeping with representations of repressed sexuality. Every scene, sequence, and image is imbued with, commenting-on, or directly a result of sexual frustration and need. Within the scope of the story, this need is embodied in the form of several paraphilic fetishisms. Eroticism is not purely thrown in to advance a love story, but rather, it is ubiquitous, constantly denying itself "traditional narrative representation" by only existing in the form of “the fetish.” In turn, these fetishisms aid in the development of the film’s questions on mortality and human desire for self-actualization (both in and outside the bedroom). The following close analysis of the film will provide metaphorical and literal examples of repressed sexuality, through manifestations of bestiality, voyeurism, incest, sadomasochistic domination/submission, and role-play: [url=Sexual Fetishism in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner] http://www.lvc.edu/vhr/2010/Articles/novak.pdf[/url] by Kyle J. Novak (2010) I like the NYC/42nd Street (Forty Deuce)/Times Square "Taxi Driver" (1976) comparsions (& observations) with the Ridleyville of BR. [b]Katerine Haber[b]: We had to create a red-light district, a hustle n' bustle scene, so it was a huge amount of coordination with background action. Bonus link: [b]Terry Rawlings[/b]: Nobody seemed to realized that this all takes place over a long weekend. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12k8rPiph0w]And we can all have wet weekends[/url]. S:) S:)

what a genius, who goes that distance when making a film these days? all before the days of cgi and still light years ahead of today

@fishkettlebanana(cool username by the way)No kidding.The blimp was done the old fashioned way but the result is amazing. Douglas Trumbull obviously knows a thing or two about filming photography. @Sawa: As per usual,you shared something really cool. M.s Rhee has a very impressive resume. I'm glad to hear she achieved substantial recognition as an actress.That's really cool. Thanks Sawa :)

thanks djrees, I didn't know it was a cool name, I knew it was a lazy name, it was the contents of my kitchen table at the time. :)