Blade Runner and Brave New World: Consequences Essay Example

by the Tyrell Corporation. The growing wealth of Asian tiger' economies became an economic threat to Western countries, Scott attempts to show this by the 'Asianisation' of 2019, where Asian culture and business is prominent in Los Angeles.

In the 1980's there was a great realisation of ecological sustainability which only added to the paranoia that was plaguing the western mindset of the time, when humanity realised that nature was not an inexhaustible source.

In Brave New World there are also concerns for the environment, not the destruction of it but rather humanity becoming an entirely separate entity from nature where the world around them is controlled and sterilised as seen through the natural world being contained in reserves.

In each text the reliance on technology has forced the natural world to be overtaken with elements of artificiality. Although both worlds represent a dystopia, the composers have visually highlighted this in opposing ways. The dismal world of Blade Runner has been represented through use of film noir; the smoky scenes, lack of natural light and highly stylised setting are key elements of this cinematic technique which show the audience the effects of environmental degradation and increased pollution.