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THE ESPER MACHINE IN BLADE RUNNER

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“Blade Runner” has always been a favorite of my mine.  It was released in June, 1982, at just the time that I began to work on this project.  One sequence in particular really caught my attention.  Decker (Harrison Ford) searches a photograph looking for clues.  Remember I was watching this at a time before digital photos and home computers. The intense photographic zooming into, not just one, but two mirrors made a spectacular impression on me!  I was also very taken with the idea that replicants might have photographs of a “false” pasts as means of mentally promoting useful myths about themselves.  What was I essentially doing, after all, but promoting certain mental myths about myself.

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