In
itself, the "dream" (if that's what it is) means nothing.
Or it could mean *anything*, depending on how you look at it. It
does not *seem* connected to anything else in the movie - anything,
*except* Gaff's final origami "message", which happens
to be (of all things) a unicorn!
Now, all the origami figures seem to be comments from Gaff about
Deckard. (See question "What do Gaff's origami figures mean?")
Therefore it seems logical to assume the unicorn is a reference
to Deckard, and to his unicorn "dream" as well. So Gaff
seems to know Deckard's inner thoughts, suggesting the "dream"
would actually be an implanted memory or image. This strongly suggests
Gaff knows Deckard's [implanted] memories, just like Deckard knew
all about Rachael's. Of course, purely within the fictional reality
of LA2019, there are a multitude of other possibilities for the
meaning of unicorn dream/origami. It seems clear that Gaff could
not know that Deckard had just had his unicorn dream a short time
earlier, so this must necessarily refer to a general memory/dream
that Deckard has and which Gaff knows about, perhaps from Deckard's
file. But of course that is then just as applicable if Deckard is
human.
The whole unicorn thing was one of the clues Ridley Scott inserted
in order to create a "surprise revelation" concerning
Deckard's true nature… (See question "Is Deckard A
Replicant") And in fact, it was the idea of the unicorn
"calling card" that developed into the idea of Gaff making
his origami figures.
To add fuel to the debate, there is an alternative version of the
unicorn dream sequence (movie clip available for download
on BRmovie.com) where Deckard's dream is intercut with him looking
at a photograph (not official). If the Special Edition adopts this
version of the edit, the linking of Deckard - photograph (memories)
- unicorn dream will become even more obvious.
And just to confuse matters a little more, there is a unicorn in
J.F. Sebastian's apartment. Though this really is probably coincidental.
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