Sexual Fetishism in Ridley Scott’s "Blade Runner"

[center][img]http://nynightclubbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/42nd_pic5.jpg[/img] 42nd St. Bryant (80's NYC) featured a live-sex show on stage, & XXX films shown in-between (for $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=http://www.lvc.edu/vhr/2010/Articles/novak.pdf]Sexual Fetishism in Ridley Scott’s "Blade Runner"[/url] by Kyle J. Novak (2010) [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. I believe the NYC Forty Deuce/"Taxi Driver" (1976) comparisons, with Ridleyville are quite valid. Bonus link: [b]Terry Rawlings[/b]: ...this all takes place over a long weekend. And we can all have [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12k8rPiph0w]wet weekends[/url]. S:)