Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kufarira kuchinjika kwebhuku raPhilip K. Dick rinonzi Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? kwakagadzirwa nguva pfupi mushure mekuburitswa kwayo muna 1968. Mutungamiriri Martin Scorsese aifarira kutora firimu renyaya yacho, asi haana kumbozvitora. Mugadziri Herb Jaffe akazviita mukutanga kwema1970, asi Dick haana kufadzwa nebhuku rakanyorwa nemwanakomana waHerb Robert: "Bhuku raJaffe rakanga rakaitwa zvinotyisa... Robert akabhururuka achienda kuSanta Ana kuzokurukura neni pamusoro pebasa racho. Uye chinhu chokutanga chandakamuudza paakaburuka mundege chakanga chiri, 'Ndingakurova pano panhandare yendege, kana kuti ndingakurova kumashure mufurati rangu here?'" Chinyorwa naHampton Fancher chakasarudzwa muna 1977. Mugadziri Michael Deeley akatanga kufarira gwaro raFancher uye akagombedzera mutungamiriri Ridley Scott kuti ariite firimu. Scott akanga amboramba basa racho, asi achisiya basa raDune, aida basa raizomufambisa zvishoma nezvishoma kuti asafunga nezvekufa kwehanzvadzi yake nguva pfupi yapfuura. Akabatana nechirongwa ichi musi waFebruary 21, 1980, uye akakwanisa kusimudzira mari yeFilmways kubva pamadhora US $ 13 mamirioni kusvika pamadhora US $ 15 mamirioni. Manyorero aFancher ainyanya kutaura nezvenyaya dzezvakatipoteredza uye zvishoma nezvenyaya dzevanhu nechitendero, izvo zvinonyanya kuoneka munoverengeka uye Scott aida shanduko. Fancher akawana kurapwa kwemufirimu naWilliam S. Burroughs kwebhuku raAlan E. Nourse The Bladerunner (1974), rakanzi Blade Runner (firimu). Scott akafarira zita racho, naizvozvo Deeley akawana maruramiro ezita racho. Pakupedzisira akabhadhara David Peoples kuti anyorezve script uye Fancher akasiya basa pamusoro penyaya iyi musi waZvita 21, 1980, kunyangwe akazodzoka kuzopa zvimwe zvekunyorazve. Mushure mekudyara mari inodarika $ 2.5 mamirioni mukutanga kugadzirwa, sezvo zuva rekutanga kutora mifananidzo rakaswedera, Filmways yakabvisa rutsigiro rwemari. Mumazuva gumi Deeley akanga awana mari inosvika mamiriyoni 21,5 emadhora kuburikidza nechibvumirano chevatatu pakati peThe Ladd Company (kuburikidza neWarner Bros.), mugadziri weHong Kong Sir Run Run Shaw uye Tandem Productions.Dick akatanga kunetseka kuti hapana akanga amuudza nezvemafirimu...  Mubvunzo: Mukoma mukuru waani achangobva kufa?
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