A 1982 science fiction film by Ridley Scott set in a retrofitted 2019 Los Angeles where a detective hunts rogue synthetic humans, based on Philip K. Dick's novel.
Invented the visual language of cyberpunk cinema — rain-slicked neon streets, decayed retrofuturism, the question of authentic humanity — and directly shaped the aesthetic of Nolan's Gotham.
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