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Hi, I've tried searching but haven't been able to locate. I'm looking for a thread of bladerunner/ambient films that I thought I might dip into while I'm home alone this weekend. It's probably within the last year. If it still exists please can someone find it for me?

This one?
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/culture_bunker/ambient_films-779826

Brilliant that's the one thanks. Note to self, Blade Runner is 2 words.

I don't know if this falls under the definition of ambient but since David Lynch is mentioned on the other thread I'll throw Eraserhead into the mix.  

I saw this film WAAAAAAY to early in my life and it burrowed itself in my psyche and has lain there ever since.  It's like having a bad dream that leaves you feeling anxious and uneasy even through you can't quite remember it.  I still have occasional anxiety dreams about it. 

The lady behind the radiator.  The baby.  The chicken.  The embryos dropping onto the stage.  The "In heaven, everything in fine" song gives me a feeling of minor dread.

Maybe if I watched it for the first time now, I'd think it was a load of pretentious w*nk.  But it was a bit too much for a kid to process and I've never really been able to get it out of my head.  I've not watched it for a few years...I might go back and watch it again.  I feel the need for a mild panic attack

Great shout, still haven't seen it but it's squarely on the list.

Let me know what you think if you get around to it.  I enjoy reading a lot of the breakdowns and essays of people trying to deconstruct it

Never made it to the end of Blade Runner. Did enjoy the Electric Dreams series on NetFlix though.

Heh - the search term I used was "Koyaanisqatsi".  There's no way there wouldn't have been at least one post recommending that.

(I will confess though - I did have to look up how to spell it correctly first!)

"Until the end of the world"

The Colombian film Embrace of the serpent is stunning as well as ambient

Can't recommend highly enough

Bang on cue, I had an Eraserhead-themed dream last night.  Nothing majorly horrific.  Just a bit dark and disquieting.

As a new suggestion, Man of Aran kind of fits the previous thread: a 1934 fictional documentary about life on the Aran Islands, with an amazing soundtrack released in 2009 by the band (British) Sea Power.

I saw the band play the soundtrack live at a festival in the cinema tent, something that has really stayed with me.

Reminds me, another BSP soundtracked film; From the sea to the land beyond.

Of time and the city by  Terrance Davies is almost a prose poem and very beautiful 

Not to mention The Fire Inside by the great Werner Herzog, was available on BBCi 

Not to mention The Fire Inside by the great Werner Herzog, was available on BBCi 

Just been watching historical drama The Serpent Queen, which does not fit this bill - but it starred Samantha Morton, who was also the main character in Morvern Callar, which I think does