Monday, November 30, 2015

Whats up with the eyeballs...

Eyes come up a lot in this film. The movie starts with a close of up an eye, the replicant test is based on eyes, the eyemaker tells the replicants how to find Tyrell, Tyrell gets his glasses-augmented eyes crushed in, etc etc.



Anyone who has been to a wax museum before can tell you that no matter how perfectly done a wax person is, the eyes will never look real. Similarly, it is often said that eyes are the windows to one's soul, which is perhaps the reason for the replicant test is based on the subjects eyes. I think Ridley Scott is trying to emphasize that to be human is to have a soul and true emotions and memories, which in turn can be expressed or observed by the human eye.

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