Welcome to another edition of the OFF-WORLD NEWS UPDATE.
There still has not been any official news updates on the sequel to Blade Runner.
In the meantime, the Twittersphere has been buzzing with the PKD letter praising the special viewing he had of some clips from the movie.
BBC Radio featured Kerry Shale reading Philip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" over the month of April.
For his indelible contributions to American cinema, the Film Society presented the 2012 Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting to David Webb Peoples this weekend, (April 28th).
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" will be up for auction at Sotheby's next week.
Paul M. Sammons, author of "Future Noir", will give a talk at the 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival.
Costumes from Blade Runner, and more are coming to the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, NS, as part of the traveling exhibition sponsored by the EMP Museum. The extended tour schedule is as follows:
The Museum of Natural History, Halifax, NS
May 26, 2012 - August 26, 2012
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
September 22, 2012 - December 30, 2012
There was a Blade Runner screening event at the Northbridge Piazza in the City of Perth in Western Australia on Sat, (April 21st).
There still has not been any official news updates on the sequel to Blade Runner.
In the meantime, the Twittersphere has been buzzing with the PKD letter praising the special viewing he had of some clips from the movie.
BBC Radio featured Kerry Shale reading Philip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" over the month of April.
For his indelible contributions to American cinema, the Film Society presented the 2012 Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting to David Webb Peoples this weekend, (April 28th).
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" will be up for auction at Sotheby's next week.
Paul M. Sammons, author of "Future Noir", will give a talk at the 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival.
Costumes from Blade Runner, and more are coming to the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, NS, as part of the traveling exhibition sponsored by the EMP Museum. The extended tour schedule is as follows:
The Museum of Natural History, Halifax, NS
May 26, 2012 - August 26, 2012
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
September 22, 2012 - December 30, 2012
There was a Blade Runner screening event at the Northbridge Piazza in the City of Perth in Western Australia on Sat, (April 21st).
More photos of the evening are found HERE.
There are two screenings of Blade Runner coming up. On May 26th in NYC at the Walter Reade Theatre. Then on July 7th, at the LA Convention Center, in downtown Los Angeles. Sean Young and James Hong are scheduled to appear at the festival as well. The dates and times will be released closer to the event.
Now for some articles, art and music!
Now for some articles, art and music!
Articles:
- What if Blade Runner was set in San Francisco?
- B is for Blade Runner
- Review: BLADE RUNNER (Spanish)
- Blade Runner (Review)
- The Psychopath Test; 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick
- Texts in Time: Articles on Frankenstein and Blade Runner
- Blade Runner Review
- Monstrous Worlds: Frankenstein & Blade Runner - A framework for considering a comparison between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
- Film Art Point: Blade Runner
- ‘Blade Runner’ guru lights up Baylor crowd - Stephen Poster, who worked as a cinematographer on the film “Blade Runner,” spoke with students in the film and digital media department at Baylor University.
- BLADE RUNNER: PARA REFORMAR (Spanish)
- La Otra Cara de Blade Runner (Spanish)
- Blade Runner..... Treinta Aniversario (Spanish)
- Sci-fi Movie Spotlight: Blade Runner
- Blade Runner by Ian Nathan, Executive Editor of Empire Magazine
- Blade Runner: What It Means to Be Human in the Cybernetic State
- [Rétro-gaming] Blade Runner (1997 – PC) (French)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Vol. 1 (comics) [Review]
- Movies that (I feel) deserve a prequel: Blade Runner
- Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick – review Philip K Dick's sci-fi masterpiece, the source text for Blade Runner, has stood the test of time.
- From Rai Radio2, a reading from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. (Italian)
- Cinecast Cult 12 – Blade Runner Michael Franklin, Bruno Costa, Luciano Vieira and Bruno Curuja receive Julian D'Angelo ( Rapaduracast ) for a chat about the movie Blade Runner. (Portuguese)
Art:
- Blade Runner Fan Art from the Complete Nerdom website.
- Blade Runner Fan Art from the deviantART website.
Music:
- Bring on the Night. A demo released from MEMORIA's archives.
"Bring on the Night" was performed during the scene where we first meet Captain Bryant. It is sung from his perspective. It is one of twenty-five songs from "Blade Runner: The Rock Project" -- music inspired by the movie Blade Runner.
Music: Marco Spatuzzi
Lyrics: C.A. Chicoine
Lyrics: C.A. Chicoine
- Love Theme from Blade Runner -- Classical Guitar Solo
Written by Vangelis. Arranged for guitar and performed by David Nann.
This is the "Love theme" in the Blade Runner movie.
Standard Tuning is used and performed on an Ibanez PC300NCE Guitar
- Blade Runner - Riders On The Storm (Music Video)
Infected Mushroom -- Riders On The Storm (Music Video)
Blade Runner By @matiasbsb
- Show your love for Blade Runner with science fiction thongs
- Blade Runner Blimp Update
Blade Runner's 30th anniversary is on June 25, 2012. Don't let that moment be lost in time...
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Have a better one!
~ Kipple
