Visual Culture Level 5 - Material Culture as National Identity / Blade Runner

Japan is very well known for it's culture and we can see how this has influenced modern art forms in the film Blade Runner. The film is set in the future in America but we can clearly see some Japanese cultural influences which I will show below. The whole film is packed with Eastern influences, ranging from the text and language, the advertising signs, the oriental food choices, the bright neon lights of the city, the large and tall buildings, references to the Geisha, Eastern fashion references, objects such as the Wagasa. 

Cultural reference: Type face on the side of the bus, the Asian womans head wear and the wagasa (umbrella) in the foreground. 

Cultural reference: The advertisements on the streets, the tall buildings and the language of the text.

Cultural reference: The cultural reference is pretty obvious here with the large image of the Geisha on the side of the large industrial building.

Cultural reference: Oriental foods, the fact he is using chopsticks, the style of the bottles on the right of the image.