United States, a general criticism was its slow pacing that detracts from other strengths; Sheila Benson from the Los Angeles Times called it “Blade crawler”, while Pat Berman in State and Columbia Record described it as “science fiction pornography”. Roger Ebert praised both the original and the Director’s cut version of Blade Runner’s visuals and recommended it for that reason; however, he found the human story clichd and a little thin. In 2007, upon release of The Final Cut, Roger Ebert somewhat revised his original opinion of the film and added it to his list of Great Movies.
Awards and nominations
Blade Runner has won and been nominated for the following awards:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
1982
British Society of Cinematographers
Best Cinematography Award
Jordan Cronenweth
Nominated