10 Directors Who Absolutely Hated Their Own Movies

Blade Runner (1982) is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of the eighties, and one of the greatest ever science fiction movies, period. Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by famed sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner is a stylishly futuristic dystopian neo-noir, brought to life by Ridley Scott, who had already created the sci-fi classic Alien in 1979.

But the production was far from plain sailing for Scott, as he had a number of high-profile disagreements with star Harrison Ford (Star Wars/Indiana Jones), and then against his better judgement was forced by producers to include a voiceover narration by Ford’s character Deckard that he absolutely despised and felt detracted from the sentiment of the movie. However, following the cult success of Blade Runner on home video release, Scott was eventually allowed to return to the movie and release his Director’s Cut a decade later in 1992.

Finally, Ridley was able to remove Deckard’s voiceover whilst adding a fantasy sequence which strongly hinted at the origins of the main character, with a twist that had only been very subtly hinted at in the original cut.

Ridley Scott has since returned to Blade Runner once again and created his further Final Cut, which was released in 2017. Providing his ultimate version of the film some 25 years after its release, Scott once again tinkered with the theatrical version that he was clearly never fully happy with.