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"I wrote many novels which … contained the element of the projected collective unconscious, which made them simply incomprehensible to anyone who read them, because they required the reader to accept my premise that each of us lives in a unique world."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Advertising Airship | ||
| A dirigible capable of reproducing full-color video ads on its sides. |
In the film, enormous airships fly close overhead, with both video and audio advertising.
| "A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure...
A new life awaits you in the Off-World Colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure. Lets go to the Colonies!" |
| Technovelgy from Blade Runner,
by Ridley Scott. Published by Blade Runner Partnership in 1982 Additional resources -
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This is the way the airship was shown in the film.
(Advertising blimp from Bladerunner)
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