Director Ridley Scott reflects on his challenging experience making Blade Runner and candidly addresses the criticism the film received at the time.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Blade Runner director Ridley Scott candidly reflects on the negative feedback he received regarding his science-fiction classic. Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Scott's seminal 1982 film follows Harrison Ford's blade runner, Rick Deckard, as he embarks on a mission to terminate four replicants.
" was a very bad experience for me. I had horrendous partners. Financial guys, who were killing me every day. I'd been very successful in the running of a company, and I knew I was making something very, very special. So I would never take no for an answer. But they didn't understand what they had. You shoot it, and you edit it, and you mix it. And by the time you're halfway through, everyone's saying it's too slow.
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