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Blade Runner: References & Edit History

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  • Stephen Eldridge
    Stephen Eldridge is a writer and editor of fiction and nonfiction for all ages.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Internet Archive - "Blade Runner". Aug 25, 2026
Add new Web site: BFI - Blade Runner: anatomy of a classic. May 08, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The End of Genetic Privacy in the Blade Runner Canon. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - Blade Runner was set in November, 2019. Here's what it and other movies got right and wrong about the 'future'. Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: The American Society of Cinematographers - Blade Runner: Cronenweth’s Photography. Oct 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Blade Runner". Dec 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Dreams of Postmodernism and Thoughts of Mortality: A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Retrospective of Blade Runner. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Blade Runner. Sep 09, 2024
Add new Web site: AFI Catalog - Blade Runner (1982). Jul 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Tears in rain? Why Blade Runner is timeless. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Filmsite - Blade Runner (1982). May 07, 2024
New article added. Dec 15, 2023
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