The Phenomenon of Nostalgia in Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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2022-03-22
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El propósito de este trabajo es examinar el fenómeno de la nostalgia en Blade Runner (1982) y Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Se analiza el concepto de nostalgia y se realiza una distinción entre la terminología introducida por Svetlana Boym de nostalgia reflexiva y restaurativa. Este trabajo ilustra cómo la nostalgia restaurativa se emplea especialmente para la estética de ambas películas, adoptando varias formas como “pastiche”, “simulacro” y “retrofuturismo”, con el fin de reproducir la sociedad inmoral y en decadencia del cine negro. Blade Runner de Ridley Scott utiliza las cualidades formales del género de ciencia ficción posmoderna y el cyberpunk. Blade Runner 2049 de Denis Villeneuve funciona como secuela y, al mismo tiempo, puede funcionar como remake de la película de Scott. Ambas películas introducen la nostalgia reflexiva para interactuar con el pasado, con el fin de establecer un presente alternativo en un nuevo futuro.
The purpose of this work is to examine the phenomenon of nostalgia in Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). The concept of nostalgia is explored, and distinction is drawn between the terminology introduced by Svetlana Boym of reflective and restorative nostalgia. This paper illustrates how restorative nostalgia is employed especially for the aesthetics of both films, adopting several forms such as ‘pastiche’, ‘simulacra’ and ‘retrofuturism’, in order to reproduce the immoral and decaying society of film noir. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner utilizes the formal qualities of the postmodern science fiction genre and the cyberpunk. Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 operates as a sequel and, at the same time, may function as a remake of Scott’s film. Tellingly, both films introduce reflective nostalgia with the intention to interact with the past, in order to establish an alternative present in a new future.
The purpose of this work is to examine the phenomenon of nostalgia in Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). The concept of nostalgia is explored, and distinction is drawn between the terminology introduced by Svetlana Boym of reflective and restorative nostalgia. This paper illustrates how restorative nostalgia is employed especially for the aesthetics of both films, adopting several forms such as ‘pastiche’, ‘simulacra’ and ‘retrofuturism’, in order to reproduce the immoral and decaying society of film noir. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner utilizes the formal qualities of the postmodern science fiction genre and the cyberpunk. Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 operates as a sequel and, at the same time, may function as a remake of Scott’s film. Tellingly, both films introduce reflective nostalgia with the intention to interact with the past, in order to establish an alternative present in a new future.
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