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Ridley Scott says a Blade Runner review 'destroyed' him, so he framed it in his office

'Never believe your own press': 'Gladiator II' director Ridley Scott says a negative 'Blade Runner' review 'destroyed him,' so he framed it in his office where it remains to this day.

"Well, you may not agree, but at the end of the day, as a director, my state [and] age level, I haven't honestly read press since Pauline Kael destroyed me on Blade Runner," he says from a conference room in his LA office. Though she praised its distinctive vision, she ultimately (harshly) concluded: " Blade Runner has nothing to give the audience — not even a second of sorrow for Sebastian. Blade Runner would go on to be considered among the helmer's best films, and in the years since, he's been nominated for four Academy Awards.

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