William Blake in popular culture all cited Blake as one of their major inspirations. Comic designer William Blake Everett claims to be descended from Blake. In his film "Mean Streets" (1973), Martin Scorsese refers to Blake's poem "The Tyger" when a young pet tiger makes Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro take refuge atop a couch, paralleling the grit and innocence of life in the city. A variation on a verse from Blake's "America a Prophecy" appears in Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982), spoken by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer). This has been interpreted as a way of linking Batty to Blake's mythic
Blade Runner (franchise) his true nature, as his body is about to shut down. Eleven minutes and eleven seconds in length, the film has won multiple awards. "Slice of Life" is an upcoming short film set in the fictional universe established by "Blade Runner" (1982), set in 2019, the same year as the events of "Blade Runner". Made without the use of computer-generated imagery, the film was developed over the course of three years, directed by Luka Hrgović and written by Anton Svetić, with a budget of $30,000 to be raised of Kickstarter. When completed, the film is due to be approximately 25–30