Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner [Paperback]

Matthew Flisfeder introduces readers to key concepts in postmodern theory and demonstrates how it can be used for a critical interpretation and analysis ofBlade Runner,arguably 'the greatest science fiction film'. By contextualizing the film within the culture of late 20th and early 21st-century capitalism, Flisfeder provides a valuable guide for both students and scholars interested in learning more about one of the most significant, influential, and controversial concepts in film and cultural studies of the past 40 years.
The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis.Postmodern Theory and Blade Runneroffers a concise introduction to Postmodernism in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Ridley Scott's cult filmBlade Runner.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Postmodernism and Postmodern Theory
Chapter Two: Postmodernism and Blade Runner
Conclusion: Postmodern Theory After The End Of History
Further Reading

Provides an introductory explanation of postmodernism and its connection to film theory, and how it can be used to interpret Ridley Scott???s film,Blade Runner.Matthew Flisfederis an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author ofThe Symbolic, The Sublime, and Slavoj ??i??ek's Theory of Film(2012) and co-editor of??i??ek and Media Studies: A Reader(2014).