Eyebrow Cinema's video: Listening to Blade Runner s Terrible Voiceover

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/eyebrowcinema Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more: https://www.patreon.com/eyebrowcinema Is Blade Runner's voiceover actually that bad? This video takes a closer listen to Harrison Ford's infamous narration and digs deeper into why it lands with such a hollow thud. Subscribe for more video essays on film. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danpgsimpson Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/listening-to-blade-runners-terrible-voiceover/ Music Featured: Serial Killer by John Bartmann Alpha Number II by Small Colin Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music Fragmented Pianos by Mikael Lind Both Flanks by Small Colin And Never Come Back by Soft & Furious Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs I Feel You by Soft & Furious Setup with an E by Small Colin Ofelia's Dream by Bensound End of the Trip by Komiku Works Cited: Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon. 1996. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner. Directed by Charles de Lauzirika. 2007. Even 'Blade Runner' producer hated the voice-over. Adi Robertson, The Verge. 2013. https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/15/4107664/screening-document-shows-blade-runner-producer-responses More Eyebrow Cinema: No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns - https://youtu.be/SiV-bOulZl8 The Fly - The First Horror Movie I Loved - https://youtu.be/u3tyznXp7-o Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 - https://youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) - https://youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4 The Decay of Cinema - https://youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist - https://youtu.be/dGavvwRyomE Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies - https://youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM Star Wars Can't Move On - https://youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem - https://youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4 Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - https://youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky - https://youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM How Terence Young Made James Bond - https://youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - https://youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - https://youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM Never Say Never Again is a Waste - https://youtu.be/GsdMCujvmMA Harry Potter - 10 Years Later - https://youtu.be/H0VjWs6aivw Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors - https://youtu.be/Uon8unTCEX4 Long Movies are Good, Actually - https://youtu.be/YGhsxpsXgF0 On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The End of James Bond - https://youtu.be/Ko492zTs9xs Dune, Star Wars and Building Sci-Fi Worlds - https://youtu.be/d_W823JT5Bs Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode Debate - https://youtu.be/z_lRIP8AkXM