{"product_id":"future-noir-revised-updated-edition-the-making-of-blade-runner-9780062699466","title":"Future Noir Revised \u0026 Updated Edition: The Making of Blade Runner","description":"\u003cp\u003eRediscover the groundbreaking magic of \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e with this revised and updated edition of the classic guide to Ridley Scott's transformative film--and published in anticipation of its sequel, \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/em\u003e, premiering October 2017 and starring Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, and Harrison Ford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRidley Scott's 1992 \"Director's Cut\" confirmed the international film cognoscenti's judgment: \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e, based on Philip K. Dick's brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece \u003cem\u003eDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, \u003c\/em\u003e is the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction film ever made. \u003cem\u003eFuture Noir\u003c\/em\u003e offers a deeper understanding of this cult phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this intensive, intimate and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction's most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eFuture Noir\u003c\/em\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn overview of \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e's impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book's original publication \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn exploration of the history of \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner: The Final Cut\u003c\/em\u003e and its theatrical release in 2007\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An up-close look at its long-awaited sequel \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 2007 interview with Harrison Ford now available to American readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExclusive interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean Young\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, \u003cem\u003eFuture Noir\u003c\/em\u003e provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSammon, Paul M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul M. Sammon's distinctive career can best be described by the film industry expression hyphenate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a writer, Sammon has published numerous articles, short stories and books. His many film journalism pieces have seen print in \u003cem\u003eThe American Cinematographer, Cahiers du Cinema, The Los Angeles Times, Omni, Cinefex, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCinefantastique. \u003c\/em\u003eSammon's fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePeter Straub's Ghosts \u003c\/em\u003e(1995), and he recently edited both the 1994 dead Elvis anthology \u003cem\u003eThe King Is Dead \u003c\/em\u003eplus the no limits anthologies \u003cem\u003eSplatterpunks: Extreme Horror and Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge \u003c\/em\u003e(1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Paul M. Sammon does not only write about movies--he works in them as well. He first entered the industry as a publicist in the late 1970s, before moving on as a second-unit director, special effects coordinator, still photographer, electronic press kit producer, and Vice President of Special Promotions. Some of the scores of motion pictures on which Sammon has labored include \u003cem\u003eRoboCop, Platoon, Blue Velvet, Conan the Barbarian, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1980s, Sammon was working in Japanese television, where he coproduced popular entertainment programs like \u003cem\u003eHello! Movies \u003c\/em\u003efor the TV Asahi network. By the 1990s, Sammon had served as Computer Graphics Supervisor for \u003cem\u003eRoboCop 2; \u003c\/em\u003ehe recently was Digital and Optical Effects Supervisor for 1995's \u003cem\u003eXTRO: Watch the Skies. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite this background, however, Sammon still likes nothing better than sitting down with a good movie. And \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner \u003c\/em\u003eremains one of his favorite films.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631073890578,"sku":"9780062699466","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_378df2b2-44b6-4c37-9931-f4d5d2086990.jpg?v=1732765418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/future-noir-revised-updated-edition-the-making-of-blade-runner-9780062699466","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}