Atmospheric, visually inventive, dimly-lit and rainy dystopian urban sci-fi, with a distinctly Asian/Japanese look and feel and a marvellous soundtrack by Vangelis. There was a temptation to link the sax playing on the soundtrack with that of Gary Barnacle on "Seán Flynn", third song on side 2 of The Clash's Combat Rock, also released in 1982, but the album came before the film.
One can imagine The Clash on a day off while touring America going to see Blade Runner on its release 6 weeks later though...
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