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The first shot of the Rachael scene is of the owl - natural, beautiful, almost mystical - there is an illusion that it is and free and beyond human control, when in fact it is limited to the room and has been manufactured. This raises two of many noir concepts addressed within the film: “What is reality?” and “How does our environment affect us?” As it flies across the room we see a central view of the room, showing big stone pillars, a posh, wooden table, and in the background the sun is setting behind some ancient-Egyptian style buildings. The room looks very expensive and upper class but the audience gets an impression for how jumbled up the world is - modern, expensive objects surrounded by ancient ruins, and an ordered, peaceful room isolated from the chaos of the city below. This suggests a corrupt World, where the rich get richer and more comfortable, and the poo

Rachael leaves the room do the two men can talk about her. Sexism and patriarchy are also main noir themes which drive the narrative, and Rachael is merely business, a product of Tyrrel, she means nothing to him or Deckard; “an experiment, nothing more.” -Tyrrel. All the shadow in the room is flickering now, helping us understand Deckard’s absolute shock that Rachael doesn’t know she’s a replicant, and that things are starting to fall apart, replicant-wise. A very bright light washes over Deckard, maybe to show that he’s been ‘enlightened’, or maybe relieved that the test did not only work, but worked on a replicant that didn’t even know she was one. The final shot of Deckard is in shadow, because though he seems shocked and bemused, he also looks impressed by what Tyrrel told him about giving replicants fake memories so they can be controlled, so maybe this is showing us his dark side. However advanced and technological people become, there is always desire for something better/special. Tyrrel is supposed to be the man with all the knowledge, all the power, all the money, to do anything he wants, but little, if any, self-control regarding ethics, humanity, and morality. This scene suggests that humans are too power hungry and will never stop trying to improve.

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