Harrison Ford’s “Blade Runner” named greatest sci-fi film of all time May 23, 2012 - 19:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Harrison Ford movie Blade Runner, which was a box office flop when first released, has been named the greatest sci-fi film of all time by cinema buffs, Belfast Telegraph reported. The film - starring Harrison in the main role as Deckard - topped a poll of readers compiled by SFX magazine, ahead of second-placed The Empire Strikes Back. Blade Runner director Ridley Scott also saw another of his films make the top ten, with Alien ranked at number eight. Aliens - the sequel to Alien - was third, while Star Wars finished in fourth place. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring was fifth, followed by The Matrix, Serenity, Alien, Back To The Future and The Dark Knight. More than 10,000 votes were cast to assemble the list, published in a special edition magazine - SFX Presents: The Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Movies Of All Time. Editor of the edition Russell Lewin said of Blade Runner: "This was a film that was both a commercial and critical failure when it was released in 1982. Since then, its reputation has slowly grown and grown. And no wonder - Ridley Scott's film is a striking work. Full of ambiguity, with complex and fascinating themes, it has stunning visuals that have been influencing sci-fi movies ever since, and rewards the viewer the more they watch it."   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
