A vision of futuristic dystopia of Los Angeles in 2019. In the opening shots, as the camera pans over a 700-storey skyscraper and the sky glows with industrial smoke, fire and acid rain, the city is as magnificent as it is disturbing. It has numerous similarities to Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including a built up urban environment, in which the wealthy literally live above the workers, dominated by a huge building—the Stadtkrone Tower in Metropolis and the Tyrell Building in Blade Runner. The director [Ridley Scott] took an inspiration from a variety of images form night skyline of Hong Kong, french comic book Heavy Metal [Metal Hurlant] to Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks.
A still from Metropolis. As seen:<http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/nov/05/architecture-film-riba> [Accessed on 2 Nov]
Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks'. As seen: <http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_7.shtml#> [Accessed on 2 Nov]
Moebius and Philippe Druillet, 1974. Metal Hurlant. As seen:<http://www.comicbookbin.com/Metal_Hurlant008.html> [Accessed on 2 Nov]
Moebius and Philippe Druillet, 1974. Metal Hurlant. As seen:<http://www.comicbookbin.com/Metal_Hurlant008.html> [Accessed on 2 Nov]
Blade Runner film stills.
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