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The 1982 film, Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, screenplay written by Hampton Fancher, is based on the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. In the film, set in a futuristic Los Angeles. Harrison Ford’s character, Deckard, has a mission to terminate 4 replicants.
However, his iconic character of a rugged cop experiences a change of conscience as emotional turmoil enters his stark reality. This film contains several illustrations of iconic realism through the use of iconic images overlaid obscure, futuristic settings, that bring the audience to an awareness of the ambiguous reality of human strength and weakness. Moreover, this movie offers questions surrounding the applications of artificial intelligence.