I put together a little treat for all you awesome readers out there today. It’s a YouTube Playlist of the Blade Runner documentary ‘Dangerous Days’!

‘Blade Runner’ is still one of my all time favorite films. And it really was like they say in the documentary, “the last great analogue science fiction movie.” Even in the countless re-cuts and re-releases that followed it’s original release, there aren’t any digital visual effects to speak of. You can just smell the visual effects, you know? Every frame has life to it. And that’s something sorely lacking in 90% of visual effects heavy films today in my opinion.

There is hope though that we might just see a resurgence of this type of film making though. Just look at Duncan Jones’s “Moon”. Real models combined with modern day matte painting and compositing techniques. It gave that film a look that was all together new, but also familiar. Bringing you back 20 years and reminding you of all the great science fictions films of the 60′s, 70′s, and early 80′s.

“Moon” has a visual strength that was obviously learned from giants like Douglas Trumbull, Special Photographic Effects Supe on “Blade Runner”…as well as a little film called “2001: A Space Odyssey”. So enjoy the following featurette, and hopefully gleen some lessons from the greats for yourself.

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Now if you’re a VFX artist out there who doesn’t already own this film three times over, well honestly I’m shocked. But have no fear! There’s still time to redeem yourself. Follow the links below to add this MUST HAVE film to your collection! Whether it’s the Blu-ray or the DVD version, both have the ‘Dangerous Days’ documentary included as well. Plus remember…if you’re a working VFX artist out there, buying movies suddenly becomes research! And that my friend, is a tax write off!

LINK: Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray] $22.99

LINK: Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector’s Edition) [DVD] $27.99