Okay, so I had to watch the movie Blade Runner for my other class, Interactive Storytelling. Now, I'm not usually the best at spotting symbolism but I did find some things that were symbolic of christianity.
For one thing, the mysterious Tyrell, inventor of the replicants, a race of androids that are illegal on earth, acts as a God figure; he has ultimate knowledge of all the replicants and seems removed from all the world's troubles. Also, in the scene where he meets Roy, the other christian figure I will discuss, he wears a white outfit, symbolic of his Godlike character.
Roy, during the scene where he is chasing down Deckard (or however you spell it), he suddenly appears in a frame with a white dove in his right hand. The white dove, since early christianity, has been a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Also, to keep from dying, he pulls a nail out of a rotten floorboard and stabs himself in the hand with it, an allusion to Christ's time on the cross.
I am not exactly sure, but I would make the case that Roy dies in front of Deckard, who had made his living tracking down illegal replicants and "retiring" them, he acts as a Christ figure who dies for Deckard's "sins." It is after this moment that Deckard and Rachel enjoy their lives together, as he is sin free against replicants.
I'm not sure if i correctly captured the meaning or the scale of what was meant by these symbols, but it was just something I noticed.
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