Blade Runner screening

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Professors Diana and James presented their take on the many themes existing in the movie and how this movie affected their career in some way or another. It was entertaining to say the least. It's been a while since I have last seen Blade Runner; when I initially watched it, I was with friends and I'll admit, we didn't pay much attention to the movie. I noticed multiples of themes in this movie, which contributes to its fame of being one of the most famous science fiction movies to date. Like most movies featuring a dystopian setting, topics arise along the lines of a deteriorating earth (pollution, lack of resources), unethical political systems, and the most important in this movie being genetic manipulation and cloning. You'll notice there are many extreme close-ups of human eye balls. In the movie, there is a test called the Voight-Kampff test that determines wether a being is human or replicant. As such, many characters' eyes are focused on screen in a way to let the audience know that his or her existence as a human or replicant is in question.