Ridley Scott’s 1992 "Director’s Cut" confirmed the international film cognoscenti’s judgment: , based on Philip K. Dick’s brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece is the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction film ever made. offers a deeper understanding of this cult phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best. In this intensive, intimate and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction’s most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of includes: A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.