The short film “2019, A Future Imagined” shows Syd Mead reflecting upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future. Syd Mead is famous for his conceptual design work in feature films like Blade Runner, Aliens, Tron, Star Trek I, 2010, Mission to Mars, and many more. He is without doubt one of [...]
VISUAL FUTURIST in Ann Arbor
The Syd Mead Documentary VISUAL FUTURIST: the art & life of syd mead will be screening at the Historic Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 18th & 19th at 7:00 pm. As part of this screening, director Joaquin Montalvan, have created a new trailer for the documentary which he call the “Blade Runner” [...]
Three Editions of the Final Cut will be out on December 18th
The Digital Bits have published an extensive article about the upcoming final cut releases, here’s a wrap-up. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version, which Warner Home Video will unveil on DVD December 18th in the U.S. Blade Runner: The [...]
Blade Runner The Final Cut TV Spot
Recently a possible teaser for the upcoming “Final Cut” of Blade Runner was released on YouTube, however it’s now been removed. I do not wish to provide any links to unauthorized material (if that’s the reason it was removed from YouTube), however it’s still possible to find it online, e.g. try to google this article’s [...]
Re-shoots for the upcoming BR SE DVD
The second half of this year will see the release of the, “Blade Runner” Box Set. The set will not only include never before seen footage. It will also contain newly shot scenes for the 25-year-old movie. Many consider “Blade Runner” to be Ridley Scott’s best work. Joanna Cassidy, who played the Replicant Zhora in [...]
Visual Futurist on DVD
Joaquin Montalvan’s documentary “VISUAL FUTURIST: The Art & Life of Syd Mead” has now been released on DVD. For more information check out the official Syd Mead homepage.From the Blade Runner Insight archive: Feature length documentary (2006-06-27), Visual Futurist gets the Audience Award (2006-07-28) and Interview with Visual Futurist Director (2006-09-05).
Interview with “Visual Futurist” director
Artist Interviews has published an interview with Joaquin Montalvan, the creator and director of the award winning documentary “Visual Futurist: The Art and Life of Syd Mead.”. The interview gives an insight to the creation of the documentary, e.g. how Joaquin found out through BladeZone that he and Syd Mead lived in the same neighborhood. [...]
VISUAL FUTURIST gets the audience award
The documentary on Syd Mead I mentioned eariler has won the Audience Award for best documentary at the Dances With Films festival. The festival founders indicated that the average audience rating for the film, out of a possible 5, was a 4.97…the highest rating in the festivals 9 year history! On behalf of the fan [...]
Feature length documentary on Syd Mead
A feature length documentary called VISUAL FUTURIST: the art & life of Syd Mead, covering the life and career of the legendary conceptual designer behind films like Blade Runner, TRON, Aliens, 2010, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, will have its world premiere at the Dances With Films festival on Sunday, July 23rd 2006. The [...]
Special 25th-anniversary DVD edition of Blade Runner
Finally! This is the news we’ve long been waiting for; the BR:SE DVD (as it has been referred to by the fans). Reuters reported on May 30th that “Blade Runner,” one of the first movies to appear on DVD in 1997, is being restored and remastered for a brief reissue in September. The DVD, featuring [...]
