Themes in Blade Runner had a little reservation about that. I think he really wanted to have it both ways." Scott suggests that Ford may have since changed his view, although "Blade Runner 2049" director Denis Villeneuve claimed that Ford and Scott argue about the issue to this day. Other people involved in the movie's production who have expressed the view that Deckard is human include: David Snyder (art director), M. Emmet Walsh (who portrayed Bryant) and Rutger Hauer (who portrayed Roy Batty). Ridley Scott stated in several interviews that he considers Deckard to be a replicant. Syd Mead, the film's visual futurist, agrees
Blade Runner (franchise) sketches. A second edition of "Future Noir" was published in 2007. To promote the then-upcoming "Blade Runner 2049", "Future Noir Revised & Updated Edition: The Making of Blade Runner" was re-released on September 13, 2017. "Blade Runner: The Inside Story" by Don Shay. A behind-the-scenes guide to the film by Tanya Lapointe. "BFI Modern Classics: Blade Runner" by Scott Bukatman. "Blade Runner: New York Film Notes" by Nick Lacey. "Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner" by Judith B. Kerman. "Blade Runner: Cultographies" by Matt Hills "The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science-Fiction Classic", edited by