Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Phillip K. Dick Disorganized Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic o Paranoid Obsessive

2nd most adapted author to film

Science Fiction Author 1953-1973 Nuclear Fallout Major Villains during this period were large governments 1984, etc.

Dick changed the villainy towards businesses rather than governments How would business and capitalism affect the world.

Very worried about the creation of mass media Would have hated todays society; the internet

Personal Themes Blurring of reality Altered states of minds were more real and profound than actuality o o o o o Human Identity Advance of technology would erase what makes us human. Drugs Hallucinogens/Hallucinations Dreams Virtual Reality Memory

Style

Trapdoor method Things arent always set up in his stories o Second police station is completely unbased.

Man in the high castle 1950s 1937 assassination attempt on FDR

Androids and Humans o Empathy differentiates humans and androids Voight- Kampf empathy test o o Humans react normally, while androids have a delay

Empathy displayed towards animals.

Androids have a 4 year lifespan while humans have a normal lifespan Humans are born and androids are built Learning vs programming Organohybrid vs pure organism

Humans are from earth and androids are from off-world Androids are treated like slaves Escape to earth for freedom, while humans are considered free.

Social Hierarchy o o Off-world corporations Off-world citizens o Got a free android for leaving; now those who remain

Earth living humans People who own real animals on earth People who own electric animals People who own no animals

Specials People who are affected by the radioactive dust

Androids

World War Terminus o o End of all wars, or the end of the earth. Bird tree in San Francisco Birds were first to die People were ignoring things dropping out of the sky The sky is literally falling ignored

Blade Runner
Genre o o o Definition: Kind or similar type Generally refers to groupings of films that share similarity Genre Conventions o Character Types Plot formulas Themes Content Subject Style (Technical Elements)

Genre Establishment Often popular films become repeated. Elements are repeated to create a genre.

Subgenres Original 9 Drama

Musical Comedy Thriller Action War Horror Science Fiction Historical

Include: gangster or mafia pictures, film noir, crime thriller, anti-war films, melodrama, satire, gross out comedy, dead teenager film, etc.

Genre in Examination Mafia Film vs Gangster Film Godfather vs Scarface, Goodfellas Mafia Criminal main characters, but are good people o o Dont kill cops Breaking rules means punishments

Gangster Main characters are actually bad people o Deserve to be caught

Mafia about fall due to mistake or flaw o Vs Corruption leading to fall gangster

Family vs Survival of the Fittest Violence in Mafia is less than gangster Dark vs Gritty

Naming a Genre Film Critics use it as a name that becomes popular; becomes common use; genre

Film Noir Francois Truffaut

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Director of 400 Black or Dark Movie 1940s 50s

Maltese Falcon John Huston (1941) Starred Humphrey Bogart Detective hired to find the statue of the Maltese falcon Statue made of lead; worthless statue

Billy Wilder Double Indemnity Sunset Boulevard

1974 Height of the Film Noir Chinatown Norman Polanski

Hard Boiled Detective Stubborn Work-driven Lived and suffered Cynical of the world

Loved and lost Now the world is a pile of crap

Chinatown 1974 Jack Nicholson White suit sheds light on the situation

Let sleeping dogs lie Ignorance is bliss; youd better not know

Cynical about husband having an affair with client

Lighting Lighting is blocked by something o o o Venetian Blinds are critical to this blocking Ceiling fans are also very popular Smoke is a way to put barrier between light

No one is who they appear to be

Femme Fatale Woman who has had all power taken from her by sexist system. Sexuality is the femme fatales main weapon Seduces, manipulates, cons, etc.

Jessica Rabbit

Plot Formula Begins with a hard-boiled detective who does not believe the world Meeting the femme fatale = falling in love again Heart broken by femme fatale Cynical view will be reaffirmed as correct.

Final character is the villain. Beyond evil

Neo-Noir

THE ACTUAL FUCKING MOVIE FINALLY

Initiating Action Eldon Tyrell o o Replicants are an attempt at a visage to himself Pyramids are an homage to pyramids of Giza, power of the sun (turn down the light)

Replicants vs Humans

Memories differentiate humans from Replicants Creates a completely different set of people

Dark City Looking for the soul

The soul is somehow linked to memories Tyrell looks to add souls to the memories

Tells Rachael that she has implanted memories, then asks if she wants a drink. Deckards coping mechanism is alcohol

Roy Baty vs. Eldon Tyrell o o Son comes to kill the father Yin-Yang Baty is dressed in all black with white hair. Tyrell dressed in all white with black hair

RON
Alfred Hitchcock o Macguffin meaningless thing that starts the movie o Pulp Fiction

Extreme angles into the audience The angle in the shot

Music swells At the height of action there is a drop.

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The entire scene and space is revealed. King of the Angle

Akira Kurosawa
o Best Director to use framing

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How he has chosen to frame things

Born 1910 in Tokyo, Japan Meiji Restoration Modernization of Japan begins to accelerate Japans response to the Opium wars in China o Did not want war with Britain, etc.

Shift toward the West Strip or destroy any traditional Japanese culture

Art School Youngest son; Leaves his family Mother was a teacher, father was a military officer Did not study Japanese culture due to Meiji Instead studied European culture; focus on Renaissance o Learned to paint with modern and European techniques

Educated in European literature Fell in love with English and Russian literature o Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky Macbeth, King Lear, The Idiot (Dost), etc.

Becomes apprentice to eldest brother film critic Criticized expansion of Japanese nationalism Eldest brother committed suicide in protest of China/Japan war

Becomes Jobless Second Mentor Enters Kajiro Yamamoto Runs a film company; Kurosawa becomes a personal assistant.

Asks Kurosawa to Assist Direction in a film.

Yamamoto sees talent; pushes Kurosawas name in Japanese film Interrupted by WWII; McArthur wants Japanese narrative o o Saving of Japan rather than invading Japan Film became propaganda to create the narrative Vilify military culture

Kurosawas first film Rashamon (1951) o Story that is told from multiple perspectives Three people accused of rape and murder Each tells a story of innocence o Final perspective is that of the girl as a ghost

Kurosawas Production Run o In 25 years, produced 30 films. o Movies that would influence American cinema.

Japans new identity Attempted to distance themselves from idea that Japan was beholden to West Kurosawa becomes too Western for Japanese cinema. o Is titled a National Treasure by the Japanese Government Becomes obsolete and cannot find funds

The Next 25 years only makes 5 movies. Attempts to commit harikari, but wife walks in and is able to save him. Decides that afterwards, he would make the movie he wanted to make. o Begins to produce Ron.

Kurosawas final two films would be made while he was blind. o Kurosawas Dreams (1991) and Madadayo (1994)