He never made anything from the movie and had to give his all just to make it.
Ridley Scott: "But the important thing is to make it."
Film critics back then claimed the film was too slow touting it as "Blade Crawler."
Moviegoers didn't understand what it was all about, no thanks to the other sci-fi movies which were released roughly around that time: ET, Star Trek 2.
But Ridley Scott said, "You know what, I like it, screw you."
Later on, Ridley Scott was informed that his film was to be kept in the Library of Congress.
It was also the 2nd most requested film in the Warner library, after The Maltese Falcon.
When the Santa Monica Film Festival, 10-14 yrs ago, requested a print of the film from the studio,
someone haphazardly took out the film from a drawer and sent it.
It was not checked, it was simply shipped off.
Ridley Scott: "Does that tell you anything?"
Turns out the film was a 35 mm raw version of Blade Runner. It had no titles, "It had some of Jerry Gold's music on it, it had some of Vangelis music on it..it wasn't even labeled properly...It was a longer cut, my version."
The result was an `earthquake' of reaction for the film and voila, it was touted as the Director's Cut
which later on was further improved to the Final Cut that was released in 2007 which Ridley Scott 100% approves.
And yes, he is making a sequel to the Blade Runner. Let us all thank the heavens.
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