I received my Laserdisc player as an early birthday present in November 1994. At least, that’s how I remember it.
Are memories to be trusted?
Are they real?
Circa 1987, Criterion released the international theatrical cut of Blade Runner on Laserdisc, a version without any unicorn dreams or nagging ambiguity.
Because I bought the LaserDisc the week of Christmas, Blade Runner (1982) became my Christmas Eve movie. The DVD of the Director’s Cut supplanted the LaserDisc at the turn of the millennium and was succeeded by the Final Cut on Blu-ray and 4K. I missed a few years early on, when family gatherings in far away places robbed me of the necessary technology, but there’ve been no years without Deckard since I left home.
It’s probably weird to spend Christmas Eve questioning the nature of humanity, or maybe not.
“It’s too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?”
Gaff
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