Bladerunner 2049: Short Film Review

#Bladerunner2049. In a time when man itself is ‘man-made’, what difference is left between the natural and the surreal? How can you tell whether it’s Officer K or Joe? Especially when the cliche answer ‘the absence of a soul’ is not the right answer. Because, despite being a replicant, Officer K has one. 

Pitting the the will of the mind (crafting the perfect human beings) against the helplessness of the heart (being born out of love), David Villeneuve again weaves an engrossing story that captures our imagination and takes us on unexpected journey in a world blurring between science and fiction.

Like "Arrival", David relies on a larger-than-life Sci-fi (aliens in Arrival and a dystopian 2049 in Blade Runner) to tell the story of humanity in the current times. While Arrival played with the idea of language and humanity, Blade Runner explores the idea of memory and being human. And like Arrival, the visual and especially the sound is overpowering. And like Arrival, it's a movie that you find difficult to say "I loved it" because it leaves you feeling a bit cold and distant, yet feeling connected and provoked. 

May be a little bit like how we feel in real life, these days, watching the events shaping our world. In that sense, Blade Runner 2049, is probably not sci-fi after all.