The Top DVDs of 2007: Peter Travers' Picks

1. BLADE RUNNER
Sad to say, Blade Runner's brilliant design has been dragged through the mud of inferior transfers to TV, VHS tape, laser disc and DVD. Until now. This five-disc UltimateCollector's Edition, packaged in its own briefcase and containing five versions of the film, from work print to Scott's 2007 Final Cut, is restored and remastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution with an all-new 5.1 Dolby Digital audio track. Add nine hours of bonus materials and you have a veritable orgy of cinematic deconstruction. It's the DVD event of the year.

HOT BONUS: Where to start? The feature-length documentary Dangerous Days: Making "Blade Runner" had me drooling. I especially enjoyed the panel of experts employed to argue the film's merits. Some, me included, thrill to Ford's film-noir narration, deleted in later versions of the film. And the Deckard debate gets really heated when Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont insists Ford is human and Pan's Labyrinth maestro Guillermo del Toro takes the replicant view.

KILLER SCENE: The rooftop confrontation between Deckard and replicant Roy Batty, a superb Rutger Hauer, who perfectly captures what author Dick calls "the cold, Aryan, flawless" side of Batty and adds a touch of compassion that throws the film's profound themes into high relief.

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