From Jed Grubbs:
This Friday (Sept. 24) we'll be kicking off a Planning Film Series with director Ridley Scott's 1982 classic Blade Runner. We're hoping the series will be a good time and will promote interesting conversations about planning themes found in the movies. Depending on how many people want to participate this week we'll either be watching at Scott Picken's place (703 Washington St. Apt 2) or perhaps somewhere in the Annex. We'll also probably grab some dinner somewhere before hand.
The movie will start at 8pm.
If you are interested in checking out a planning themed reading associated with this film, please let Scott or myself know and we'll make sure to print you a copy. The reading is the final chapter of Mike Davis' "Ecology of Fear" ....Beyond Blade Runner. It takes a look at the future Los Angeles imagined in the film and current/projected trends for the city in the author's view. Social theme's of race, safety+security, the riots of 92, and other's are all explored.
Please RSVP if you'd like to come either through Facebook, by responding to this email, or giving me a call (423-667-9342), so that we'll know where to hold the event and so that we can keep you in the loop!
Info about Blade Runner on Wikipedia:
Info about Blade Runner on Wikipedia:
"Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered organic robots called replicants—visually indistinguishable from adult humans—are manufactured by the all-powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as other mega manufacturers around the world. Their use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial or leisure work on Earth's off-world colonies.
Blade Runner has been hailed for its production design, depicting a "retrofitted" future."
The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered organic robots called replicants—visually indistinguishable from adult humans—are manufactured by the all-powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as other mega manufacturers around the world. Their use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial or leisure work on Earth's off-world colonies.
Blade Runner has been hailed for its production design, depicting a "retrofitted" future."
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