I can see Scott telling Ford that Deckard was NOT a replicant out of some sort of directorial-fuck-with-the-actor's-head-to-get-the-performance-I-want madness.
But I agree with ita...I don't think Ford qualified as a n00b even back then.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
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Miracleman - Oct 04, 2007 5:46:36 am PDT #1549 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Fred Pete - Oct 04, 2007 5:59:30 am PDT #1550 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
It wouldn't have been the first time a director had messed with an actor's mind. Charlton Heston and Ben Hur come to mind.
And while it might be argued that Ford hadn't proved he could carry a movie when Blade Runner was filmed, he was well beyond newbie stage by then. (Note: According to IMDb, BR started filming about 3 months before Raiders opened.)
Nutty - Oct 04, 2007 6:27:01 am PDT #1551 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
He hadn't had to really carry a movie before, not even Star Wars or American Graffiti.
I think this statement is a symptom of accidentally overlooking Force 10 from Navarone.
Trust American Movie Classics to find that movie the movie star made just before stardom struck, that sucked then and sucks now, but is kind of elevated just by dint of being the a movie made before the crunchy shell of stardom had hardened. All the movies Ben Affleck made before he got his teeth done count (especially if he played an asshole), and... I can't think of any other examples off the top of my head. Maybe Russell Crowe's first American movie, in which he played a psychotic escapee video game.
Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2007 6:30:05 am PDT #1552 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And wore a snazzy purple suit. That's a fun movie.
Tom Scola - Oct 04, 2007 6:31:58 am PDT #1553 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
To this day, I'm puzzled why they called it Force 10 from Navarone when they killed off six of the commandos five minutes into the film.
Hayden - Oct 04, 2007 6:33:29 am PDT #1554 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The point of the book was questioning what defines human v. non-human, but I think the point was emphasized and made more poignant by Deckard being human but still unable to answer the question.
I think you're right on the point, but I think it was better served in the story with the ambiguity over whether Deckard was human or not. I mean, I don't think he was meant to be definitely one or the other. But I'll grant you that it's been a long while since I read it.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 04, 2007 6:39:20 am PDT #1555 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe Russell Crowe's first American movie, in which he played a psychotic escapee video game.
VIRTUOSITY!
Which he followed up with THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.
VIRTUOISTY is one those movies I really like that I can't justify as remotely good. Denzel did a few of those (RICOCHET comes to mind). But who doesn't love Denzel.
askye - Oct 04, 2007 6:42:38 am PDT #1556 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Denzel was in Virtuosity ! I'm with you Frank it's not a good movie but I like it.
Sean K - Oct 04, 2007 8:25:04 am PDT #1557 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I guess this means I'll have to reread DADoES again, because the last time, I got a very ambigous feeling about Deckard's replicant status.
Not that I'll object to having to reread one of Dick's best stories.
Laga - Oct 04, 2007 9:04:08 am PDT #1558 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I saw Blade Runner in the theatre and read DADoES not long after that. It didn't occur to me that Dekkard might be a replicant until I read that theory on the internet years later.