It features two CDs of previously unreleased music by Vangelis, including a full CD of tracks from the movie and another CD of new compositions by Vangelis.

Here’s a link to the details:

Vangelis Blade Runner soundtrack

I don’t know about sitting through 5 dvds, but I’ll definitely listen to 3cds of this.

I saw it in the theatres during its first run. I know someone will chalk it up to that, but I never had a problem with the voiceover … or the more upbeat ending. It was upbeat, but hardly a happy ending.

As for the trees … obvious they fled from the city.

There. I said it.

Mark, you should checkout reruns of Newhart on ALN.

“Hi, I’m Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.”

I can see how some people might not “get” the movie. So much of my enjoyment – and I saw the first run when I was thirteen or so – from this viewing was interpreting inner states of mind and philosophical-metaphysical bits-and-bobs relating to loneliness, humanity, etc. If you just look at Plot alone, it may seem rather diffuse.

I came away once again wishing I could peep into an alternate universe and see a version of BLADE RUNNER that was mostly seen from Roy and Pris’ POV. What amazing characters! Also great to see Sanderson 25 year b4 DEADWOOD.

FInally, I was struck by how much serendipty played in the movie’s thematic coherence and success: Roy’s final, famous speach was written off the cuff by Hauer right b4 the scene was to be shot; Gaff’s origami was Olmos’ improvisation, as was (I think) his polyglot speach. Imagine BR without the “I’ve seen things…” speach and sans unicorn origami: somehow it wouldn’t resonate so perfectly. Even the movie’s perfect title was “found” being a very minor (possibly small press publication) WS Burrough’s book.

Later in high school, No one could hang out with me for any period of time without me making them watch it. Whether they wanted to or not. I even made my future wife watch it on our 1st date after accidentally driving her car off the road. What’s the point of this post? Uh none really. I just love this movie so damn much I couldn’t help reminiscing. Sorry.

I need to see BLADE RUNNER again. I saw it once on DVD a few years back and didn’t care for it all that much, honestly. It may have been the crappy TV I was watching it on, though, or just a bad mood day or something.

I remember when the BR director’s cut hit the screens in 1993, and a pretty big fuss was made at the time that it was a first where somebody was able to go back and re-do a movie the way it was meant to be. People would talk about “director’s cuts” of movies before then (most notably for Brazil and assorted Orson Welles movies that got butchered by studios), but BR was the first one to actually do it and get it on screens, I think.

So…you’re telling me that the movie which was the one that kicked off the whole “Director’s Cut” phenomenon wasn’t actually a real director’s cut? Bizarre.

The BR soundtrack has also made it kind of hard to watch “Chariots of Fire” without expecting Harrison Ford to burst in and blow away a runner whose eyes are glowing red.

I was contemplating seeing this again at the Ziegfeld, mostly because it’s at the Ziegfeld. The only thing that made Attack of the Clones fun for me was seeing it on that monstrous screen with about a thousand other like-minded people. Don’t think the missus would go for a visit to NY just for this, though.

I wonder if I can get the soundtrack for my iPod to help me sleep at nights.