Blade Runner (1982)
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Ridley Scott's hauntingly possible depiction of what might become
of Los Angeles down the line is absolutely brilliant. It captures elements of Noir with its urban atmosphere of decadence,
lighting, and characters neither clearly defined as good nor evil. Corruption is everywhere. The garbage-littered streets
and permanence of dark and rain give us the sense that we've seriously screwed up the atmosphere, and the impression that
all respectable human beings have fled to the off-world colonies, leaving only the scum of the earth behind
