Cyberculture and Film: Revisiting the paradox - city in Blade Runner

Authors

  • Luís Miguel Oliveira de Barros Cardoso Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Educação Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/pragmatizes.v0i9.10418

Abstract

In the universe of cyberculture, takes placea semiotic and significant value, in conjunction with post- modernity and the related view of space in the city as dystopia, the film and , in particular, Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott. We revisit Blade Runner, traveling the significant circle of Alien and Prometheus , in search of the paradox-city and the eternal game of the discovery of the “I “ and identity, the ‘other’ , the creation and the creator.

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Author Biography

Luís Miguel Oliveira de Barros Cardoso, Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Educação Portugal

Doutorado em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas, na Especialidade de Literatura Comparada (Literatura e Cinema), pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)

Professor de Cinema, Ciências da Comunicação, Literatura e Cinema, Literatura Portuguesa, Cibercultura

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Published

2015-11-11

How to Cite

Cardoso, L. M. O. de B. (2015). Cyberculture and Film: Revisiting the paradox - city in Blade Runner. PragMATIZES - Latin American Journal of Cultural Studies, (9), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.22409/pragmatizes.v0i9.10418

Issue

Ano 5, n. 9 (set. 2015)

Section

Artigos (em Fluxo Contínuo)

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