The Workprint

Abstract

Blade Runner has continued and survived, not only in the fan cult and in Jeter’s books, but also in its recent re-editing. In the 30th anniversary celebration edition released in 2012, we have access to film material that had almost been destroyed. The Blu-ray package released in the United States includes, among other things, a booklet with parts of storyboards and five discs containing: 1) The Final Cut (2007); 2) the documentary Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner ; 3) the U.S. Theatrical Version (1982), the International Release Version (1982), and the Director’s Cut (1991); 4) the Enhancement Archive ; and 5) the Workprint. Besides the different versions, each disc features comments and interviews with different people, such as Ridley Scott, Philip K. Dick, Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, Michael Deeley, Paul Sammon, and many others, and includes over a thousand file images and storyboard material. Although the special edition released in Brazil contains only three discs, it presents the same material of the American edition.