Future Noir Revised and Updated Edition: The Making of Blade Runner
By Paul M Sammon

Rediscover the groundbreaking magic ofand Blade Runnerand with this revised and updated edition of the classic guide to Ridley Scott's transformative film--and published in anticipation of its sequel,and Blade Runner 2049, premiering October 2017 and starring Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, and Harrison Ford.Ridley Scott's 1992 "Director's Cut" confirmed the international film cognoscenti's judgment:and Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpieceand Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,and is the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction film ever made.and Future Noirand offers a deeper understanding of this cult phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best.In this intensive, intimate and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction's most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the originaland Blade Runnerand was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition ofand Future Noirand includes:An overview ofand Blade Runner's impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book's original publicationAn exploration of the history ofand Blade Runner: The Final Cutand its theatrical release in 2007An up-close look at its long-awaited sequeland Blade Runner 2049A 2007 interview with Harrison Ford now available to American readersExclusive interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean YoungA fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills,and Future Noirprovides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.