In purely aesthetic terms, Blade Runner remains one of the influential pop-culture creations of the modern age. It is certainly one of the most achingly beautiful, sumptuously art-directed films ever. As the story starts in a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019, we felt it was only right to show the entirety of the saga through to 2049, including the short films plus introductory talks from The Modernist.

4.30pm - [Introduction from The Modernist] Blade Runner (1982)

(Director: Ridley Scott)

(Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young)

Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.

7.30pm - Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (Director: Shinichiro Watanabe) (2017)

2036: Nexus Dawn & 2048: Nowhere to Run (2017) (Director: Luke Scott)

In Blade Runner 2049, 30 years have passed since the events of the original Ridley Scott-directed Blade Runner, and to help explain some of the key story events that took place during those three decades, Villeneuve enlisted artists he respects to develop the backstory. Together, these three shorts set up the background and history of the world we’re about to experience in Blade Runner 2049.

8pm - [Introduction from The Modernist] Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

(Director: Denis Villenueve)

(Cast: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas)

Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. His discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner who's been missing for 30 years.

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