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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.)
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.
And wore a snazzy purple suit. That's a fun movie.
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.
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.
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.
Denzel was in Virtuosity ! I'm with you Frank it's not a good movie but I like it.
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.
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.
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OK, the n00b comment was maybe not so accurate. But I can still totally see Scott never indicating to Ford that Deckard is a replicant.
The actor who plays the police sergeant, the "We need you. We need the old blade runner magic" guy? I'm betting Scott told him. Or at least told him he was scared of Deckard for some reason.