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"Blade Runner" Bombshell!
The Blade Runner director has confirmed Harrison Ford's character was indeed an android in the sci-fi classic.
"He's a replicant," Scott told Britain's Channel 4 during an interview for an upcoming documentary. "I think it's one of the best films I ever made...[You] revisit it constantly like rereading one of your favorite books. You always find you get sucked in again."
Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short story, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner was a box-office failure when it was released in 1982.
The is-he-or-isn't-he debate has raged for years among the hard-core fans of the noirish flick. Many didn't know whether Ford's hard-boiled detective character, Deckard, was actually human or one of the genetically engineered androids--aka replicants--he was charged with hunting down and destroying.
The issue did not really arise in the original theatrical version since studio-imposed cuts forced the acclaimed British filmmaker to take out most of the clues about Deckard's true nature. But it was when Scott reinstated key footage for the movie's 10th anniversary director's cut that fans began to wonder about the character.
First, Scott removed Ford's voiceover insisted by studio execs who thought audiences couldn't follow the story without it. Then, he restored footage with key images that were left deliberately ambiguous, but still suggested Deckard's realization that he too was a replicant.
One of the best clues in the director's cut was the added shots of Deckard's unicorn dream. The mythical creature also popped up again near the film's climax as an origami model given to the detective by a character named Gaff.
Many fans interpreted the unicorn images as a common memory shared by all androids. And, they reason, Gaff's knowing nod to Deckard at the end is a clear sign Gaff knew what Deckard was thinking: Deckard's life--like his replicant girlfriend Rachel--is a manufactured dream. United by the knowledge they share and the love they only imagine they feel, the movie ends with the lovers stepping into the elevator and headed for an uncertain future.
However, that ending fell flat with preview audiences, so the studio tacked on a happier ending (outtakes from The Shining) of the couple escaping by driving off into the wilderness. That didn't sit well with Scott, who said the scene didn't match the film noir style of the movie, so he eventually put back his original ending.
Meanwhile, several fans are stewing, saying Scott removed the ambiguity surrounding the film by pronouncing Deckard a replicant. There was an angry rant on Ain't It Cool News on the subject, with the author chastising Scott for ruining the mystery.
Other fans are choosing the more radical tack of not to believe the director. "Ridley may have been the main driving force but not everything he says is gospel," posted one fan on rec.arts.movies.past-films. "So, the right answer to the Deck-a-Rep argument is the one that makes the movie more enjoyable FOR YOU."
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