Blade Runner 2049 Literary Elements

Blade Runner 2049 Literary Elements

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Leading Actors/Actresses

Ryan Gosling

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, and Jared Leto

Genre

Science Fiction

Language

English

Awards

Blade Runner 2049 won two Academy Awards: for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. It was nominated for three Academy Awards which it didn't win: Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Production Design.

Date of Release

October 6th, 2017

Producer

Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Bud Yorkin, and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin

Setting and Context

Earth, 2049

Narrator and Point of View

Through the point of view of K

Tone and Mood

Violent, Chaotic, Solemn, Sad, Energized, Romantic, and Intense

Protagonist and Antagonist

K vs. Niander Wallace

Major Conflict

K's struggle to find the replicant who was born - not manufactured - while trying to stay alive

Climax

When K dies

Foreshadowing

K's death is foreshadowed in his interactions with Sapper Morton.

Understatement

K's profound loneliness is understated early on in the film

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

The sex scene between K, Joi, and Mariette was revolutionary in how it combined in-camera and CGI elements

Allusions

To the original Blade Runner film, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the book by Phillip K. Dick), Kaazam, The Hunger, Elvis Presley and his catalog of music, Puni Puni Poemy, popular culture, mythology, and geography.

Paradox

Replicants are totally synthetic, yet have memories.

Parallelism

K's journey in Blade Runner 2049 closely parallels Deckard's journey in the original Blade Runner.

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