40. BLADE RUNNER (1982), with Ayesha Khan

About this episode

Sergio Angelini and guest Ayesha Khan discuss the film BLADE RUNNER and its sequel, along with the original novel by Philip K. Dick.

Today I am joined by Ayesha Khan - host of the prizewinning podcast, Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* (www.everyscififilm.com/) - to talk about one of our favourite movies, Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER (1982). In addition we will also look at its sequel, Denis Villeneuve’s BLADE RUNNER 2049 and Philip K. Dick’s original source novel, Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?

People in this episode

Host: Sergio Angelini

Guest: Ayesha Khan

Topics covered

• Blade Runner
• film analysis
• sci-fi
• sequel discussion
• Philip K. Dick

Keywords

• Blade Runner
• sci-fi films
• Ridley Scott
• Denis Villeneuve
• Philip K. Dick

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever

Books & works: BLADE RUNNER, BLADE RUNNER 2049, Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?

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