A pretty legendary film and was absolutely one of my favorite films during the course. Blade Runner definitely shared that same cluttered, dystopian feeling in Metropolis, but I think what was most noticeable for me wasn't the relationship between the elite class and the working class, but what exactly it components and actions actually make a person a person.
The fact that it was nearly impossible to discern who was a human and who was a replicant set up the plot to be pretty confusing at point, which I'm assuming was intentional. The whole movie felt like a Turing test where the audience was the one diagnosing the results.
The scene that struck me the most was actually the last scene between Deckard and Roy. While Roy is chasing Deckard through the rain, a nail pierces his hand and then once on the roof, he had a dove in the other hand. I feel like there's supposed to be some sort of duality or relationship between these two elements; the dove being a symbol for peace and the nail being a noticeable symbol related to Jesus and the sacrifices he made in the bible. So maybe one of the theme's to suggest that there is no peace without some level of sacrifice.
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