Blade Runner 2049 and Philosophy: This Breaks the World Contributor(s): Bunce, Robin (Editor), McCrossin, Trip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812694716 ISBN-13: 9780812694710 Publisher: Open Court OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Dewey: 791.437 |
LCCN: 2019934549 |
Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 sequel to the 1982 movie Blade Runner, about a world in which some human-looking replicants have become dangerous, so that other human-looking replicants, as well as humans, have the job of hunting down the dangerous models and "retiring" (destroying) them. Both films have been widely hailed as among the greatest science-fiction movies of all time, and Ridley Scott, director of the original Blade Runner, has announced that there will be a third Blade Runner movie. Blade Runner 2049 and Philosophy is a collection of entertaining articles on both Blade Runner movies (and on the spin-off short films and Blade Runner novels) by twenty philosophers representing diverse backgrounds and philosophical perspectives. Among the issues addressed in the book: |