Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ANGELES in 2019 presents few surprises Traffic trangles are thicker and constant rain has replaced the smog, but a skeletal Bradford building still towers over a freakish mob in the high-tech skyline of Blade Runner. Not that the skyline appears very often in Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi film. The director instead focuses on crowded halls and packed rooms, using flying billboards and continuous drizzle to further enclose the outdoor scenes. The atmosphere is stifling; this future world is a cage...
...other camp are the so-called neoliberals. They reject the notion that government can solve social problems by throwing money at them. Instead, their emphasis is on formulating national policies to promote economic growth. The neoliberals are also called high-tech Democrats, for their emphasis on steering the economy away from troubled industries like automobiles and steel to high-technology firms specializing in microchips and computers.* They include Senators Gary Hart of Colorado, Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Congressmen Panetta and Richard Gephardt of Missouri...
That is exactly what disturbs many of the old-line liberals, who fear that the high-tech Democrats will neglect the party's traditional commitment to the poor and minorities. Kennedy alluded to this in Philadelphia. "Rethinking our ideas should never be an excuse for retreating from our ideals," he declared. "The last thing this nation needs hi the 1980s is two Republican parties." Mondale does not criticize the neoliberals so strongly, but he is nevertheless wary of their proposals. Says he: "You can't have a banner with a microchip...
...neoliberals cannot be dismissed so lightly. In a party often criticized for lacking fresh ideas, the high-tech Democrats are at least offering alternatives; they are not simply attacking Reagan or sitting back and hoping that the troubled economy wins them votes. Some of their proposals may be too provocative, too risky or downright unworkable. But the time is right for creativity. Concedes Mondale: "The people don't like what Reagan has done to this country, but they don't want to go back either. They want a third alternative...
...Blade Runner-and his previous thriller, the 1979 Alien-it would seem so. Says David Dryer, who helped supervise the special photographic effects of Blade Runner: "The environment in the film is almost a protagonist." He and other talented craftsmen are lavishing their imaginations on graphic design-on high-tech spaceships and déja vu futurism-and allowing the characters to wander through a labyrinthine narrative like lost dwarfs. Moviegoers seeking the smooth propulsion of story line look at these films and ask, "What's going on here?" Directors and effects specialists, plumbing the resources of a technology...