RIP Rutger Hauer

[beer_good_foamy]

He improvised (much of) that monologue. And Blade Runner is set in 2019. Goddamnit.

"Blade Runner - time to die" (Watch on YouTube)

I've… seen things you people wouldn't believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain.

Except for an actor, all those moments stay with us. The Hitcher, Ladyhawke, Hobo With A Shotgun, Flesh + Blood ... and of course that little movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Rust zacht, Rutger.

Comments

[egret]

Perfect post. Thank you. Copying your youtube link.

[beer_good_foamy]

Thank you. There's a reason this scene is a classic.

[nyctanthes]

A lovely post. He'll be missed.

[beer_good_foamy]

That he will. Thanks.

[yourlibrarian]

And Blade Runner is set in 2019

0.0 Wow, I didn't realize that. Are they ever way off in terms of tech.

[beer_good_foamy]

In terms of tech, yes. I'm not sure about the rest of it.

[trepkos]

That scene made the film.

[beer_good_foamy]

It really did. Film and TV writers have spent ~40 years trying to outdo it when it comes to redeeming the monster of the movie, and very few have even come close to how easily and poignantly Scott and Hauer do it here.

[shapinglight]

Very sad about this.

[beer_good_foamy]

Me too.

[shadowkat]

Why does everyone forget Nighthawks? ;-)

(Yes, I'm a shameless Hauer fan. I think I've seen all his films...or tried.)

[beer_good_foamy]

Oh, I haven't seen that one in... over 30 years, I guess. Maybe time to rewatch.

[shadowkat]

I haven't seen it in a long time either...the two that make the rounds every once and a while are Blade Runner of course, and LadyHawk. The others are harder to find. I think I found Flesh + Bone in a video store in the 1990s. Someone stated they saw a censored version of it on television -- which is hard to imagine, not sure that story would make sense censored.

[kerk_hiraeth]

Have you seen this version?

It's really very beautiful; on top of what is one of the greatest moments in movie history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbXIONSjmkY

kerk

[beer_good_foamy]

That was indeed beatuiful, thank you.

"Is it the greateast monologue? I don't know, and it doesn't matter." That sums up so much about ... so much, I guess.