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briandmyers · 3768 days ago · link · · parent · post: Which is the best version of Blade Runner? Which is the closest to the source material?
I've seen the theatrical version and (I believe) the director's cut. The difference to me is pretty subtle - but I haven't studied it. Spoiler tag added for the poor souls who haven't seen this yet.
In the director's cut, which has the unicorn dream scene, it seems to me that the meaning of Gaff's origami is clearer - I believe they all apply to Deckard (chicken, man, and unicorn), and thus it shows that Gaff knows that Deckard is a replicant, because he has no way to know of Deckard's dream otherwise. Without the dream scene, the audience might believe the unicorn was meant to represent Rachel and her uniqueness.