Incorrect, the author wrote the script and it was adapted by the screenwriter. Hauer added trhe C-beams line. It always reminds me of Joey in Friends when he says 'yeah sometimes wee write our own script'. Cut to a guy in an armchair (the screenwriter) who says..Oh Yeah...really... I like it when people get confused with fiction. The actor only presents the script and somehow people actually attribute the scene to the actor and its their true personality as if its is their words. Then type a monologue of the undercurrent, various themes and statements as if its real. They are the people that were kidnapped by aliens I suppose....same mindset. But Hauer and Ford lifted the film into extra ordinary territory. Ridley Scott was exceptional as was the cinematographer. The 80's had some of the best films ...EVER.
I didn't realize that RH wrote this speech and I just how talented he was.... this role matches his other great movie salute to the Jugger. Iconic is the word that springs to mind 🤔
Every time I watch this movie, this ending reminds me of how fleeting and fragile life truly is for us humans. As I grow older (I'm 58 now), I realize that everything that I am: my memories, my experiences, my emotions...are all unique to me, and only me. No one else can ever live them or understand them; even if I were somehow able to upload them to a computer for future playback, no one else could possibly understand why I am who I am today. Treasure the life that you have - truly live it - and don't try to record it on a stupid phone because without context, or an explanation, no one else will understand your collection of clips that you thought were important enough to save.
Write them down. That's what I'm doing for my son. You can rediscover your past and appreciate what really happened using your superpower of accrued wisdom. Hopefully someone will learn from it, both the good and the bad.
He saved Deckard because it would mean he would be remembered by at least one person. It was his only way to keep on existing. Had Deckard died no one would remain to remember him. He might as well not have existed at all. The memory carries on for as long as Deckard does. But it is also at this moment that he sees they're both not so different. Roy had lived in fear of his unavoidable death, and in Deckard he sees that same fear in those final moments. He realizes if anyone were to understand him, it would be Deckard.
Rutger Hauer was a highly underrated and under utilized actor, the fact he personally came up with the "tears in the rain" monologue speaks volumes of his skill as an actor. His death was an extremely sad loss.
He's hardly an "underrated" actor. Rutger Hauer has secured himself immortality (rather ironically, given the plot of Blade Runner), both through his magnificent performance in this iconic film, plus the fact that he alone wrote those timeless, incredibly emotive words. It's as good as it gets. Rest peacfeully, Rutger.
he was under utilized because he wanted to be. he was the one who chose b roles for himself because he didn't want to be big on the screen. he wanted to still have a semi normal life and i think that's very admirable of him; fame wasn't something he was going to let change him. i miss him dearly.
@@ziraprod6090 Most of us who saw this when it came out are in our late 40s, 50s and 60s. If you are 30, you didn't see it until much later. So what is it that you are trying to point out here?
“Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ... I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ... I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!” ― Ronald D. Moore I feel like I could have this same conversation with the Creator.
@@ziraprod6090 homie. this is stupid. The film itself if 41 years old. If you're 30 having seen this its because your 60 year old parents showed this to you
I always loved that he was created to be a soldier, a killer, and as a last moment of defiance he chose to spare a life instead of taking it. He also in some way will live on in Deckard's memory. Such an amazing movie.
As a soldier, in all that has entailed, while you never feel like you are a REAL soldier until you do the job you were trained for… I have always known and valued so much more. I’m a Christian, I love good prose and poetry, philosophy and history. Kindness as much and as often as possible (I and several of my fellow service members volunteer a lot). I desire a farm so much that it hurts and study animal husbandry at ridiculous amounts. I do love animals, even as I love to eat them, I enjoy caring for them, getting to know their personalities and caring for them (Ferdinand’s farm in San Diego is where I spend at least three days a month). But I can kill that which I see as having intrinsic value, for some reason this doesn’t make sense to some of my fellow soldiers and nearly all those who have never served.
Seeing this first at age 11, it went right over my head. But it came on TV one evening. This is back in '85, the early days of basic cable, and I wasn't much of a talk shows kid, so I left it on. My dad came into the room, and asked what it was. "Kind of a long, slow sci-fi film. There's nothing else on." He sat and watched it with me. By the end, we just turned to one another, utterly dumbfounded. I think it was the first film I really bonded with my dad over. We would go see it every time it came to repertory theaters. There's nothing in this world like Blade Runner on the big screen. These days, the slow pace feels like such a treat. I love films that transport me to fictional worlds, but Blade Runner feels like a proper visit. You can really settle into its world. While most of these modern films, with their frantic pace, seem more like a layover at best. Someone on a TH-cam channel I can no longer find said something really profound about this speech. He pointed out that the speech eluded to the lore of the greater Blade Runner world, wars being fought by replicants in space in the service of, in all likelihood, rival corporations. And yet, he found that, unlike Star Wars or Star Trek or Alien, and dozens of other fan-favorite sci-fi and fantasy worlds, Blade Runner's lore is particularly sparse. What the hell is a C-beam? What even is Tannhauser Gate? This speech is the first we've heard of it. But we can infer that thousands and thousands of replicants died in space, fighting wars that no one knows about, as slaves. Died, and were forgotten, like Roy. So this is a film about erasure, about what it is to have one's humanness denied, one's history scrubbed from memory. Roy chooses to spare Deckard because he wants a witness; someone, anyone, even an enemy. He could have killed Deckard, and then died alone, with no one to see that he was more than just a malfunctioning machine. It occurs to me that, until Roy saved Deckard's life, he maybe didn't even know he was going to do that. It was a very human impulse. All over the world, I see people denying one another's humanity, dismissing people of other religions, races, skin colors, sexual or gender identities, even taste in movies (looking at you, Snyder-cut people, and people who crap on Snyder stans too). And not just dismissing their choices or their cultures or whatever. It seems like such a short leap to denying people's humanity, as though one difference, one disagreement, disqualifies them from the human race. I don't think Blade Runner was ever about A.I.. It's about us, about how eager we are to deny people's humanity, so we can feel guiltless in exploiting them, or just ignoring their suffering. It's about how easily we assume that the oppressed people are the problem, and not the victim of the problem. And how hard it is to turn the situation around and see it from the point of the view of the person being vilified. Blade Runner's greatest accomplishment as a story is how well it does that, how it uses our tendency to assume that antagonists are always in the wrong, and that the protagonist's "win" is their defeat. Blade Runner smashes us against that assumption, showing us how our assumptions make us complicit. It happens right here, in this simple, heartbreakingly beautiful speech. That, to me, is why this is the greatest monologue in film history. It's a reminder that there are no enemies, no replicants, no "them." There's only us humans, and the cruelty we commit against one another.
It starts earlier. As deckard is hanging on, his grip slowly slipping. Roy looks at him and sees the fear on his face. And he says with apparent detachment, “a terrible thing, to live in fear, isn’t it? “. It looks to the first time viewer like Roy is relishing Deckard’s distress and imminent fall. But this is the moment that Roy realizes that everyone who lives, lives in fear of death. This is the moment Roy sees Deckard with empathy, and chooses to save him, because he Can, just as he chose to kill his creator, because his creator couldn’t. All Roy wanted was for someone to do for him what he had the power to do for Deckard in his last moments. Give him just a little more time to live. I have always preferred the theatrical version of this movie, because it did not make Deckard a replicant. Roy’s message is far more meaningful if he is saying it to a human. To us. The central question of what makes humanity human evaporates when the the dialog is between two androids. Roy’s journey needs to be witnessed by those who consider themselves human, to enlighten them that humanity may entail more than they imagine. And I prefer the original ending, where deckard runs off with Sean Young, despite the knowledge that she’s a replicant, because he now sees her as just as human as anyone. Making him a replicant turned a story about redemption from prejudice into a runaway slave story.
For me, the difference is that even if Deckard is a replicant, he believes he is human. He acts human, he has empathy--Rachel: "would you hunt me?' Deckard: 'I wouldn't. But someone would.'. Among the points the movie makes is that the replicants are the ones who are the most human. Bryant? Please. Gaff? Nope. JF and the eye guy? Just worker bees. JF even "makes" his own friends. All the human interactions in the movie happen between replicants.
By Theatrical version do you mean the one with the Sam Spade voice over that infantalises the audience, robbing them of the opportunity to enjoy the nuances of many of the scenes? That ending was horrendous, completely incongruous with the rest of the film. Why do we have to have a happy ending? In the Director's Cut, we have the dream sequence that, along with the unicorn left at his door, leads us to believe that Deckerd may be a Replicant but the key thing is that Deckerd is completely unaware; he thinks he's human so he acts as one. I loved the original film but had some small criticisms, all of which were changed in the Director's Cut. The ending is far more open to interpretation; we each get to choose our own ending.
@@markanthony693 Not about the happy ending. I wasn’t a fan of the voice-over. But making Deckard a replicant, too, essentially turns this into a conversation between two replicants, rather than a revelation to a human being about the humanity of the replicants. Sorry. That’s just a weaker storyline with far less impact. It undermines the entire arc of the story where deckard has to kill people he’s been raised to believe aren’t people. Deckard represents the prejudices of humanity in his interaction with synthetic persons. Essentially, making him a replicant converts this from deckard having an epiphany over prejudice, into a story about a runaway slave sharing with an Uncle Tom how much slavery sucks for both of them.
I was 14 years old on June 26th 1982 when I got dropped off at the theatre with some friends to see this movie. When it ended I felt like a different person. It has been my favorite movie and this speech has been my fave moment in entertainment ever since. Then we went and watched the Thing 1982. It was a good movie day.
The way Roy knowingly yet apprehensively looks at Deckard when he says “like tears, in rain” is an admittance to Deckard that he is crying, but Deckard cannot see the tears. They are lost in the rain. Roy has realized his own existence enough, gained is own humanity enough, to not jut be angry but to be sorrowful that it is ending.
I've always seen that a bit differently. I see it as Roy being quite chuffed with himself at the metaphor. He's proud of his final words. It's a kind of wry smile - hey, look what I did there.
@@sallybell9548 I think it's actually both. He's feeling his own tears and comes up with the metaphor on the spot. He's still a big child at heart so these emotional experiences are overwhelming for him and he's living (and dying) to the fullest inside of each second.
I love that in his last moment Roy became what he always desired, the moment he choose compassion he became human and in that act his profound action he achieved a little immortality and lived on in Deckard.
My uncle Michael told me that him and my dad used to drop LSD and go see this masterpiece in the Theater when it was out new, my dad John lost his life in a car accident a few months later. Absorb as much as you can and love as much as you can, become the main character and make it to the final scene my friends.
Saw this when it first came out in Chicago. Opening night. Up visiting family. Stoned out of my mind. Blow away then and still one of my all time favorite movies and scenes. Can’t remember the year, I’m in my 70’s now. Did it come out in the 70’s or early 80’s. No matter. Have always loved sci-fi. So much closer to reality than anything else except for maybe comedy. LOL
@@iHaveTheDocumentsWhat are you talking about, every human is the main character from their own perspective, and even if you think your the main and everyone else is a side character what's wrong with that. Should you believe you're an NPC that just sounds sad why would you want to be a side character or see yourself that way it's insane, if you see yourself as just a part of someone else's story then fine you're an underling you are an NPC in my story, and that's what you like.
@@aleksam1504 We're all distortions of the same being, that's what I believe. God made us equally, and we all carry the same potency so yes. Everyone is the main character
I watched this with my son a few days ago. I wept like a baby. I first watched it with my late father, he got upset watching it. It's not dying, we fear, it's being lost forever, becoming without memory to anything. Just like I will and those who I followed and who will follow me. My late father is gone, as I will be one day. From ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We have all been a lot longer dead than we have been alive. We all go the same way. Somewhat incredible, somewhat tragic.
@liamhemmings9039 I simply do not care what I leave behind, I too have seen and done things most people have never done in my life. I have suffered for this. I don't care about death and what I leave. Only my type of dying worries me.
I've been battling PTSD for over a decade now. It has robbed me of a life...of being able to see light. This scene really gets to me. It expresses exactly how I feel
One of the greatest movies ever made. Tears in Rain is one of the most poignantly deep pieces of work I've ever heard. It speaks to all of us on so many levels. Thank you, Rutger, for your words.
Its a crap movie... and this comes from a SF fan. Too many mistakes in the movie. The plot was good and some acting. A great monologue does not make the film great, sorry.
@@MrCostaC Wrong you are. The original monologue as written was at least four times longer. Rutger Hauer saw it as ungainly and overly long, so he "put a knife in it," as he said, rewriting it himself the night before they shot the final rooftop scene,not telling Ridley Scott of his unplanned edit. When they completed the shoot, the entire film crew themselves cried a little, so moved they were by the shorter and much more eloquent version that Rutger Hauer had delivered.
@@stuartb6827 i can't remember all, but one of them that comes to mind is towards the end, the scene with the last replicant its on top of the building, but after he dies and the police comes, they show it at street level.
The more time passes, the greater this film becomes - a true gem, a real work of artistry and illumination - and it touches the heart in a deeply sublime way that lasts for years
I can never watch this and not shed those tears. Saw this at the theater. 40 years later, i measure myself with this as my yardstick. The rain never ends...
"Tears in Rain" always brings tears to myself. Yet, this exact moment in cinema history will forever be remembered. Thanks for the good memories, Rutger Hauer! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
After his entire performance in Blade Runner, and this beautiful scene in particular, l could never understand why Rutger Hauer wasn't catapulted into the top ranks of movie stars. I mean, he has always had plenty of work since then but I'm not sure he ever got to participate in very many true masterpieces of film following this performance.
Being a Dutch actor (goat there ) with even the faintest of accents makes one suspect in hollywood . Arnie and even Jean claude got away with murder (pun intended) because they were action heroes But for Rutger, a truly great actor , it was all or nothing , and he had to settle for many action films as well, despite being a triple A actor , in contrast to Arnie. European Hollywood stories are complex . Anglo saxons world tends to revolve around it's own sun What might have saved rutger could've been being picked up by someone like David Lynch , I will never understand why this combination didn't happen in that era . Could've been special for the ages
@@stupidburp Blood of Heroes is grossly overlooked and underrated ... it should be regarded on the same level as Mad Max as far as excellent post-apocalyptic movies goes
I fist saw this movie as a teenager. My brother had sent me the VHS by post, telling me I had to watch it... This, for me was the crowning scene of the whole film. The teenage me was completely mesmerised. Today, as I approach my own twilight years and watch my daughters grow, this scene hits harder than ever.
I recall watching this as a 9 year old when it was released on VHS way back in '83 and it has remained one of my most favorite films. Rutgers monologue hits me in the feels every time.
When I'm struggling especially hard, I watch this scene from Blade Runner. Over and over. It brings me peace. As Tom Hanks said in The Green Mile, "time takes it all, whether you want it to or not." This speech by Rutger Hauer reminds the viewer that time comes for it all. Everything we hold dear, everything we see, whether we want it to, or not, time takes it all. The only thing we can do is recognize our moments, and understand that like us, they too, will be lost in time. Like tears.. in rain.
The most beautiful moment in the context of this speech is when Roy protects Deckard and doesn't let Deckard vanish like a falling tear in the rain. Deckard is the remembrance of Roy that will live on. It's a beautiful scene.
This monologue I'd one of the reasons I love this movie so much, I still can't stop thinking about it. It's also one of few moments in movies that make me cry.
Roy is passionate and demonstrates the soul of a poet. This contrasts starkly with Deckard who says nothing beautiful throughout the film. Even Deckards attraction is physical. This scene to me questions who and what on show is really beastly. It screams at you to consider the nuance of the characters motivations and actions. There is a case to be made that Roy is the more human of the two in many ways. A killer yes, but one who can appreciate beauty in non-sexual and aestheticly meaningful ways. Deckard demonstrates nothing comparable. He does his job, follows rules and lusts after the opposite sex. He is as programed as any robot.
He does try to console Rachel lying to her that shes not really a replicant and I also like that scene where he kind of puts on a gay lisp to talk to Zhora to which she incredulously asks "Are you for real?"
@@zorothe9th: Deckard did that because he wanted to push Rachael past her unwillingness to trust her own emotions. If you look at it again, he pushes her physically once, then holds up his hand to show he's not going further. He does the rest with words.
This is my favorite scene from my favorite movie, even more so now, I recently turned 60 and 2 days later went into cardiac arrest and required 20 minutes of cpr, and woke up from an induced coma in the hospital, then less than two weeks ago I underwent open heart surgery to replace my Aortic valve, watching this again now makes it even more poignant and has me in very visible tears.
When I saw this movie in the 80’s I couldn’t wait to tell my co-workers the next day I’d just seen the best movie final scene ever created. I tried to describe it and what it felt like to witness it. The power and purpose of Roy’s actions pulled me to edge of that building and the edge between life and death as surely as if I was actually there. I’m sure my feeble efforts were mostly for naught but some things are too valuable to keep to ourselves. Pass it on.
Rutger Hauer remained one of my favorite actors ever after this movie. Horridly underappreciated. That "greatest monologue" was actually written by Rutger Hauer himself!
@@MrCostaC There's a Rotten Tomatoes interview with Ridley Scott who says Rutger wrote it, but not the last 3 words. th-cam.com/video/uPUIDHQv8rM/w-d-xo.html
Tears in Rain inspired me to write the one part of my short story Bosun's Journal which ended up moving readers to tears. Every tear shed over a story is a badge of honor for its author. And for me, it's thanks to this one scene. What an amazing scene. What an amazing movie.
@@KutWrite Until I get around to properly set up my website, only on Reddit. And because TH-cam hates links, just google Bosun's Journal, the TVTropes page should be the first result, quickly followed by the posts themselves. I suggest to start with the first entry for the full experience.
One day when I was 14, my Dad took me out to the middle of nowhere and showed me how to fire a powerful hand gun. After 3 rounds all I could think of was how ethereal and fragile human life really is. A minute motion of an index finger can destroy a lifetime of experiences and emotions as well as creating crippling emotional voids in those who shared that life. Never held a gun since and i try very hard not to judge others. In the end we only get one chance at it. Great analogy from a brilliant movie.
Rutger Hauer played the part beautifully, with subtle menace and sad tragic hope. I’ve always loved that scene like many and it is probably the scene that makes Bladerunner the film it is..
Agree. I had no idea that Rutger Hauer penned this. This monologue still brings tears to my eyes 41 years later, it true it sums all of it up in 42 words. Thank you for making and posting this video.
When I first watched Blade Runner, this monologue sent shivers down my spine that no other film had done! To later find out that it was written by Rutger Hauer himself made it all the more impactful! It is the greatest monologue in cinema!
This was perfect in Ridley's depiction of a future, Deckard acting like he is just existing with little joy and finally the finisher by Rutger, arguably one of the most tragic and human monologues ever. The film did not top the box office, but it did for SF people. It proved that there is some context in the genre rather than monsters and aliens.
The cinematography in this scene is brilliant as well. Roy, against the warm illumination of the neon lights, the life bustling about below, but his face is lit in shadow with a cold blue highlight, perhaps alluding to his synthetic existence. Rick, against the darkness of the brick and metal, but his face lit in such a way as to accent his humanity.
It’s the way he says “moments” that gets me every time. Like he’s realising the implication as he’s saying it. That’s all we ever really have, in the end: moments.
Thanks for watching everyone just one quick question. This video was released a over a year ago but has gotten tens of thousands of views in the last 24 hours. Does anyone know why? Did someone share it or something? Its just odd for my tiny channel Thanks again for watching it means a lot
I can’t exactly say. I’ve always been a fan of the movie and I’m a sci-fi and fantasy nerd in general, but I haven’t searched for or watched anything about Blade Runner in recent months. How I was brought here will most likely remain a mystery. What I can say is this is an enjoyable video you’ve put together. Thank you.
It was recommended to me today as well, I've never watched any of your content before, although I do watch movie related content and also am very interested in the music score composer, Vangelis of Blade runner. Great video though, for once the TH-cam algorithm did well.. :)
Never forget that the term "Thannhauser Gate" was literally invented in this scene. And it became a regular trope in sci fi for faster-than-light travel.
Until I saw this I didn't realize how many people thought the same way I did. Every since I heard this monologue I have thought that no matter how great my accomplishments or the things that I saw that they will die with me and mean nothing. I usually curl up into a ball and wait for that horror to pass
I thought so too. From the first time I ever saw that scene, and the hundreds of times I've watched it since. You don't get that from the book. What a great movie.
It was in his Eulogy because it was Rutger his absolute favorite role, He is dearly missed, I am fortunate to have known him, He was a true gentleman and a fantastic actor
It is my mantra, this capped the off the best film ever made. It is so so deep and life affirming. As for Vangelis, just a perfect combination. I just love it beyond words.
Yes, strongly agree. The video game Homeworld 2 has a scenario named Tanhauser Gate as a tribute to this movie. I would also like to point out Vangelis' score in this scene.
TRULY the best monologue - period! I can relate totally to this and probably my ending. I have loved and lost a couple of times and as i come to the end of my days I am alone, there is no one left, only me. All i was, did and achieved will be forgotten. There will be no one shedding tears over me it will all wash away - like tears in rain as I go back to the earth. So UTTERLY and uniquely powerful - I have realised I will be at peace like Roy..........I always watch this alone and it does bring tears but also a calm as to what is to come and how it will end.
(being Dutch..).. my aunt was Rutger Hauer's make up artist when he was filming a dutch series called Floris.. she used to tell us great stories...and Mr. Hauer was a true gentleman....I felt like I knew him back then...rest softly Mr.Hauer....we miss you
Rutgers/Roy Batty's words were touching especially after saving his nemesis from a certain death you feel and see the compassion he has for life and the passion of wanting more life , these words easily apply to us we each have seen things in our lives unique only to ourselves that will mostly be lost "like tears in the rain"
Rutger Hauer once talked to me about this monologue. It was 2007 and I was participant in the Rutger Hauer Film Factory course that he set up in Rotterdam. We were making short films in a 4 day course, one of them being some rainy night scene inside a car on a dark film set with artificial rain equipment which made the mood match this Blade Runner scene to some degree. Because I was attending the course as an editor I didn't have anything to do during shooting so I decided to film a sort of second angle with a DV camera. In between takes Rutger once suddenly came up to my camera and did some weird over the top Marlon Brando style madness which was quite funny but didn't really fit in the story of the thing we were shooting so it was left out. Later during that shoot, out of the blue he started talking to me about having created some lines of text in his Blade Runner monologue the night before the shoot and how Ridley Scott liked it so much he kept it in. At the time I didn't know the film well enough to remember the scene exactly and put his words in perspective, and although I did realize what he was telling me was probably important I felt quite stupid because I was unable to respond properly. The course was in english but at that moment he was speaking to me in dutch and I probably said something like "wow cool", which is the same mediocre reply in both languages.
Mooi verhaal! Blade Runner is of course based on the work of Philip K. Dick, whose 2 main themes in his science fiction were "what is real" and "what is human." Philip K. Dick toiled in near poverty until right before his death, when he finally made some real money selling the movie rights to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" He died right before he could see Blade Runner. Movies & TV shows based on his work have subsequently made billions of dollars. His estate sued the makers of "Adjustment Bureau" when it was discovered (allegedly) that the source material was actually in the public domain.
In his last moments, he loves life and freedom so much that he lets Deckard live, and the dove, which is of course highly symbolic but so subtly so in this masterful scene.
I always wondered why Roy saved Deckard. Didnt make sense when I was younger. He saved him so someone would remember him, someone would hear him before he passed. Thats one of the saddest things ive ever realised
I've always remember this scene in this movie it makes you think about your life and you want it to have meaning you want to make memories and not waste time
Born as a replicant, died as a true Human. This scene will always be my favorite and will always remind me that one day everything we know and care about will be lost like tears in rain and all we can do is live life to the fullest and make everything worth it. Those who burn twice as bright - Burn half as long,,,,,,,,,
One of my favorite bands from NJ, Sticks and Stones, sampled this and it has always stuck with me. Sadly, Peter (singer) passed on in 2021 but this film and this quote (as well as his life and legacy) has always resonated with me.
Watched film when it came out first, I was mesmerized, 40 odd years later I still am. Life is a collection of memory’s, a lot being the people you were with and knew, but passed on, termination is real for us too..
I first saw Rutger Hauer in Soldier of Orange in 1977 and followed his movies ever since. This monologue was possibly his best scene, although 'The Legend of the Holy Drinker' had some excellent scenes too.
Yes, I had a catch in my throat when I first heard this. What he is saying is the sadness of the human condition and that of any other being that can think and make sense of their life.
By waiting until Deckard starts to fall to his death before grabbing him - Batty gives Deckard the one thing Batty can't get but for himself but is desparately seeking - an extension passed the point of death.
As someone that works in an environment where every interaction with a person can be your last one, its always hard to explain things to someone that doesn't work in that environment. Anyone that has served in combat will understand this monologue to the core of their being. This scene is one person telling another person about what they have been through, knowing they are staring death in the face. And at the same time they are accepting what is coming. It is a combination of relaying information and accepting their demise just to have someone listen to them. In the end, all we want is someone to hear what we are saying.
I think Quint's Indianapolis monologue from Jaws is the only one I'd put above it. I think they're 1 and 2 however you want to order them. Interesting that they both have a similar theme - traumatized men telling their story. I personally just like Quint's a little better because it hits different the first time you see the movie and subsequent times you see the movie, so you kind of experience it in two different ways - fresh, and with the foreknowledge that this poor guy is going to have the fear that's haunted him his entire adult life come true.
There are moments in life where I hear these words, such as looking at the view of a mountain, or the odd moment ones children are playing contently with one another, there is no other movie monologue that comes to mind, but this one does
I always loved this scene. I did not know that Rutger came up with it himself. I always looked at it as Rutger valuing life at the end so much he was unwilling to let his enemy decker die. I liked one of the comments where Rutger was able to give decker what he himself was searching for the whole time. He wanted someone to grant him more time. Rutger was able to grant that to decker.
I hope I’m not the only one who cried to this scene. By the end of the movie, I felt really sorry for him. And the thought of having no one in your life that could carry on your legacy and memory after you die, like you never existed… really struck me in my heart.
It still makes me cry every time. So much lost on wasting time doing mostly nothing just to be lost to the void. Decker finally sees Roy as a person, understands his struggle for life and then he's gone. They did terrible things but only the things we humans created them to do. Roy kills his Dr. Frankenstein and Igor (presumably he kills Sebastian off camera) only after learning that there is no hope. We'd all feel that way, whether we'd kill anyone as a result of those feelings. We'd want to destroy the gods themselves for being cheated out of a full life.
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The fact the Rutger wrote it himself late one night before shooting it, is incredible.
Yeah, it seems he understood the character so well, they're still looking at it analytically to this day.
That's not entirely correct. Rutger adapted the existing set of lines.
Incorrect, the author wrote the script and it was adapted by the screenwriter. Hauer added trhe C-beams line.
It always reminds me of Joey in Friends when he says 'yeah sometimes wee write our own script'. Cut to a guy in an armchair (the screenwriter) who says..Oh Yeah...really...
I like it when people get confused with fiction. The actor only presents the script and somehow people actually attribute the scene to the actor and its their true personality as if its is their words.
Then type a monologue of the undercurrent, various themes and statements as if its real. They are the people that were kidnapped by aliens I suppose....same mindset.
But Hauer and Ford lifted the film into extra ordinary territory. Ridley Scott was exceptional as was the cinematographer.
The 80's had some of the best films ...EVER.
some peeps here saying not entirely true, but there is ridley saying he did write it. th-cam.com/video/uPUIDHQv8rM/w-d-xo.html
so...???
I didn't realize that RH wrote this speech and I just how talented he was.... this role matches his other great movie salute to the Jugger.
Iconic is the word that springs to mind 🤔
Every time I watch this movie, this ending reminds me of how fleeting and fragile life truly is for us humans. As I grow older (I'm 58 now), I realize that everything that I am: my memories, my experiences, my emotions...are all unique to me, and only me. No one else can ever live them or understand them; even if I were somehow able to upload them to a computer for future playback, no one else could possibly understand why I am who I am today. Treasure the life that you have - truly live it - and don't try to record it on a stupid phone because without context, or an explanation, no one else will understand your collection of clips that you thought were important enough to save.
Write them down. That's what I'm doing for my son. You can rediscover your past and appreciate what really happened using your superpower of accrued wisdom. Hopefully someone will learn from it, both the good and the bad.
that's deep
Very insightful. Thank you
Excellent comment; most insightful and well written.
Beautifully said!
Roy saved him to have an audience, to be *seen* himself, and to avoid dying alone. It’s incredibly human.
Wow. This gave me chills, never thought about it that way
He saved Deckard because it would mean he would be remembered by at least one person. It was his only way to keep on existing. Had Deckard died no one would remain to remember him. He might as well not have existed at all. The memory carries on for as long as Deckard does. But it is also at this moment that he sees they're both not so different. Roy had lived in fear of his unavoidable death, and in Deckard he sees that same fear in those final moments. He realizes if anyone were to understand him, it would be Deckard.
That is something I’ve never considered before. It makes perfect sense, it’s so human to not want to be alone at the end.
Oh god. Yes! ❤😢
Do you think Roy knew decard was a replicant?
Rutger Hauer was a highly underrated and under utilized actor, the fact he personally came up with the "tears in the rain" monologue speaks volumes of his skill as an actor. His death was an extremely sad loss.
Every one is going to die
He is a son of acting teachers. So even if he was in a lot of bad movies him being a bad actor that is unlikely.
He's hardly an "underrated" actor. Rutger Hauer has secured himself immortality (rather ironically, given the plot of Blade Runner), both through his magnificent performance in this iconic film, plus the fact that he alone wrote those timeless, incredibly emotive words. It's as good as it gets. Rest peacfeully, Rutger.
he was under utilized because he wanted to be. he was the one who chose b roles for himself because he didn't want to be big on the screen. he wanted to still have a semi normal life and i think that's very admirable of him; fame wasn't something he was going to let change him.
i miss him dearly.
Well he's not a jew so what do you expect.
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears... in rain."
Beautiful.
I would imagine we all will feel that way when our time comes, especially as the moment of death comes.
This! This is what I've been saying for thirty years! It's my fave scene in movies too. Very poignant and meaningful. RIP Rutger Hauer.
Yea - it is the greatest if you are 30. It is not 'the greatest'. Certainly up there.
His masterpiece
@@ziraprod6090 Most of us who saw this when it came out are in our late 40s, 50s and 60s. If you are 30, you didn't see it until much later.
So what is it that you are trying to point out here?
“Brother Cavil:
In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...
I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...
I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
― Ronald D. Moore
I feel like I could have this same conversation with the Creator.
@@ziraprod6090 homie. this is stupid. The film itself if 41 years old. If you're 30 having seen this its because your 60 year old parents showed this to you
I always loved that he was created to be a soldier, a killer, and as a last moment of defiance he chose to spare a life instead of taking it. He also in some way will live on in Deckard's memory. Such an amazing movie.
As a soldier, in all that has entailed, while you never feel like you are a REAL soldier until you do the job you were trained for… I have always known and valued so much more. I’m a Christian, I love good prose and poetry, philosophy and history. Kindness as much and as often as possible (I and several of my fellow service members volunteer a lot). I desire a farm so much that it hurts and study animal husbandry at ridiculous amounts. I do love animals, even as I love to eat them, I enjoy caring for them, getting to know their personalities and caring for them (Ferdinand’s farm in San Diego is where I spend at least three days a month). But I can kill that which I see as having intrinsic value, for some reason this doesn’t make sense to some of my fellow soldiers and nearly all those who have never served.
Damn zombies, stop being televised products and became humans .
Seeing this first at age 11, it went right over my head. But it came on TV one evening. This is back in '85, the early days of basic cable, and I wasn't much of a talk shows kid, so I left it on. My dad came into the room, and asked what it was. "Kind of a long, slow sci-fi film. There's nothing else on." He sat and watched it with me. By the end, we just turned to one another, utterly dumbfounded.
I think it was the first film I really bonded with my dad over. We would go see it every time it came to repertory theaters. There's nothing in this world like Blade Runner on the big screen.
These days, the slow pace feels like such a treat. I love films that transport me to fictional worlds, but Blade Runner feels like a proper visit. You can really settle into its world. While most of these modern films, with their frantic pace, seem more like a layover at best.
Someone on a TH-cam channel I can no longer find said something really profound about this speech. He pointed out that the speech eluded to the lore of the greater Blade Runner world, wars being fought by replicants in space in the service of, in all likelihood, rival corporations. And yet, he found that, unlike Star Wars or Star Trek or Alien, and dozens of other fan-favorite sci-fi and fantasy worlds, Blade Runner's lore is particularly sparse. What the hell is a C-beam? What even is Tannhauser Gate? This speech is the first we've heard of it. But we can infer that thousands and thousands of replicants died in space, fighting wars that no one knows about, as slaves. Died, and were forgotten, like Roy.
So this is a film about erasure, about what it is to have one's humanness denied, one's history scrubbed from memory. Roy chooses to spare Deckard because he wants a witness; someone, anyone, even an enemy. He could have killed Deckard, and then died alone, with no one to see that he was more than just a malfunctioning machine. It occurs to me that, until Roy saved Deckard's life, he maybe didn't even know he was going to do that. It was a very human impulse.
All over the world, I see people denying one another's humanity, dismissing people of other religions, races, skin colors, sexual or gender identities, even taste in movies (looking at you, Snyder-cut people, and people who crap on Snyder stans too). And not just dismissing their choices or their cultures or whatever. It seems like such a short leap to denying people's humanity, as though one difference, one disagreement, disqualifies them from the human race. I don't think Blade Runner was ever about A.I.. It's about us, about how eager we are to deny people's humanity, so we can feel guiltless in exploiting them, or just ignoring their suffering. It's about how easily we assume that the oppressed people are the problem, and not the victim of the problem. And how hard it is to turn the situation around and see it from the point of the view of the person being vilified.
Blade Runner's greatest accomplishment as a story is how well it does that, how it uses our tendency to assume that antagonists are always in the wrong, and that the protagonist's "win" is their defeat. Blade Runner smashes us against that assumption, showing us how our assumptions make us complicit. It happens right here, in this simple, heartbreakingly beautiful speech.
That, to me, is why this is the greatest monologue in film history. It's a reminder that there are no enemies, no replicants, no "them." There's only us humans, and the cruelty we commit against one another.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts here.
Beautifully put, fella. :)
hell, yeah, friend. good perspective.
Very deep and loving point of view. Thanks for sharing
If these are your own thoughts then that was very profound, thank you.
It starts earlier. As deckard is hanging on, his grip slowly slipping. Roy looks at him and sees the fear on his face. And he says with apparent detachment, “a terrible thing, to live in fear, isn’t it? “. It looks to the first time viewer like Roy is relishing Deckard’s distress and imminent fall. But this is the moment that Roy realizes that everyone who lives, lives in fear of death. This is the moment Roy sees Deckard with empathy, and chooses to save him, because he Can, just as he chose to kill his creator, because his creator couldn’t. All Roy wanted was for someone to do for him what he had the power to do for Deckard in his last moments. Give him just a little more time to live.
I have always preferred the theatrical version of this movie, because it did not make Deckard a replicant. Roy’s message is far more meaningful if he is saying it to a human. To us. The central question of what makes humanity human evaporates when the the dialog is between two androids. Roy’s journey needs to be witnessed by those who consider themselves human, to enlighten them that humanity may entail more than they imagine. And I prefer the original ending, where deckard runs off with Sean Young, despite the knowledge that she’s a replicant, because he now sees her as just as human as anyone. Making him a replicant turned a story about redemption from prejudice into a runaway slave story.
For me, the difference is that even if Deckard is a replicant, he believes he is human. He acts human, he has empathy--Rachel: "would you hunt me?' Deckard: 'I wouldn't. But someone would.'. Among the points the movie makes is that the replicants are the ones who are the most human. Bryant? Please. Gaff? Nope. JF and the eye guy? Just worker bees. JF even "makes" his own friends. All the human interactions in the movie happen between replicants.
By Theatrical version do you mean the one with the Sam Spade voice over that infantalises the audience, robbing them of the opportunity to enjoy the nuances of many of the scenes? That ending was horrendous, completely incongruous with the rest of the film. Why do we have to have a happy ending? In the Director's Cut, we have the dream sequence that, along with the unicorn left at his door, leads us to believe that Deckerd may be a Replicant but the key thing is that Deckerd is completely unaware; he thinks he's human so he acts as one. I loved the original film but had some small criticisms, all of which were changed in the Director's Cut. The ending is far more open to interpretation; we each get to choose our own ending.
@@markanthony693 Not about the happy ending. I wasn’t a fan of the voice-over. But making Deckard a replicant, too, essentially turns this into a conversation between two replicants, rather than a revelation to a human being about the humanity of the replicants. Sorry. That’s just a weaker storyline with far less impact. It undermines the entire arc of the story where deckard has to kill people he’s been raised to believe aren’t people. Deckard represents the prejudices of humanity in his interaction with synthetic persons. Essentially, making him a replicant converts this from deckard having an epiphany over prejudice, into a story about a runaway slave sharing with an Uncle Tom how much slavery sucks for both of them.
Well said.
Clearly you have thought about this and I am inclined to agree about Deckers choice of partner... beyond human is human enough for him.
I was 14 years old on June 26th 1982 when I got dropped off at the theatre with some friends to see this movie. When it ended I felt like a different person. It has been my favorite movie and this speech has been my fave moment in entertainment ever since. Then we went and watched the Thing 1982. It was a good movie day.
Man, I'm so jealous of you for having the chance of living a day like that.
@@gabrielbarrera6112 it was glorious:)
Likewise.....21 when I saw BR.
Moved me and I have never forgotten Roy's words.
1982…une année extraordinaire pour le cinéma et la SF
The same happened for me! I was 12 when I saw this mind expanding film. It was so different and interesting for its time. Dark and moody
The way Roy knowingly yet apprehensively looks at Deckard when he says “like tears, in rain” is an admittance to Deckard that he is crying, but Deckard cannot see the tears. They are lost in the rain.
Roy has realized his own existence
enough, gained is own humanity enough, to not jut be angry but to be sorrowful that it is ending.
I've always seen that a bit differently. I see it as Roy being quite chuffed with himself at the metaphor. He's proud of his final words. It's a kind of wry smile - hey, look what I did there.
@@sallybell9548 I think it's actually both. He's feeling his own tears and comes up with the metaphor on the spot. He's still a big child at heart so these emotional experiences are overwhelming for him and he's living (and dying) to the fullest inside of each second.
I love that in his last moment Roy became what he always desired, the moment he choose compassion he became human and in that act his profound action he achieved a little immortality and lived on in Deckard.
This monologue is sublime, made even more so by Vangelis's poignant score.
yeah some credit has to be given for this absolutely perfect moment in the score
Yes, yes, the score by Vangelis. That makes the movie feel alive, a heartbeat. So beautiful
It makes me cry everytime 😢
One of the greatest films ever made. And the fact that the sequel didn’t suck and was also a great film is very pleasing!
My favorite scene in a movie. I reference it often. Thanks for highlighting it!
My uncle Michael told me that him and my dad used to drop LSD and go see this masterpiece in the Theater when it was out new, my dad John lost his life in a car accident a few months later. Absorb as much as you can and love as much as you can, become the main character and make it to the final scene my friends.
Saw this when it first came out in Chicago. Opening night. Up visiting family. Stoned out of my mind. Blow away then and still one of my all time favorite movies and scenes. Can’t remember the year, I’m in my 70’s now. Did it come out in the 70’s or early 80’s. No matter. Have always loved sci-fi. So much closer to reality than anything else except for maybe comedy. LOL
Main character syndrome is a very bad trait in modern ppl
@@iHaveTheDocumentsWhat are you talking about, every human is the main character from their own perspective, and even if you think your the main and everyone else is a side character what's wrong with that. Should you believe you're an NPC that just sounds sad why would you want to be a side character or see yourself that way it's insane, if you see yourself as just a part of someone else's story then fine you're an underling you are an NPC in my story, and that's what you like.
@@aleksam1504 We're all distortions of the same being, that's what I believe. God made us equally, and we all carry the same potency so yes. Everyone is the main character
My dad once crossed a road on LSD and almost got hit by a truck.
Lay off the mind foggy drugs will ya?
I watched this with my son a few days ago. I wept like a baby. I first watched it with my late father, he got upset watching it. It's not dying, we fear, it's being lost forever, becoming without memory to anything. Just like I will and those who I followed and who will follow me. My late father is gone, as I will be one day. From ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We have all been a lot longer dead than we have been alive. We all go the same way. Somewhat incredible, somewhat tragic.
@liamhemmings9039 I simply do not care what I leave behind, I too have seen and done things most people have never done in my life. I have suffered for this. I don't care about death and what I leave. Only my type of dying worries me.
Perhaps....but consider. I have come to believe Ridley Scott is, at the least, an agnostic and so doing fares no better the poor Roy. That is a shame.
@@mikebohannon8101Are you saying there's something wrong with being agnostic?
@@mikebohannon8101Did you not get the memo that religion is all man made or something?
@@mikebohannon8101Did you not get the memo that religion is all man made or something?
I've been battling PTSD for over a decade now. It has robbed me of a life...of being able to see light. This scene really gets to me. It expresses exactly how I feel
Really hope you can make progress with getting your life back!
I really hope you heal. And I'm sorry you're having these battles.
@@tardis11111 thank you, but I don't think I can anymore
Thank you for your kind words
@@macbuff81I understand! I do hope you have been able to access help and support, I'm very sorry you're having to deal with this.
One of the greatest movies ever made. Tears in Rain is one of the most poignantly deep pieces of work I've ever heard. It speaks to all of us on so many levels. Thank you, Rutger, for your words.
They weren’t his words. They were the words of the scriptwriter.
Its a crap movie... and this comes from a SF fan. Too many mistakes in the movie. The plot was good and some acting.
A great monologue does not make the film great, sorry.
@@MrCostaC Wrong you are.
The original monologue as written was at least four times longer.
Rutger Hauer saw it as ungainly and overly long, so he "put a knife in it," as he said, rewriting it himself the night before they shot the final rooftop scene,not telling Ridley Scott of his unplanned edit.
When they completed the shoot, the entire film crew themselves cried a little, so moved they were by the shorter and much more eloquent version that Rutger Hauer had delivered.
@@pehash What do you see as the mistakes?
@@stuartb6827 i can't remember all, but one of them that comes to mind is towards the end, the scene with the last replicant its on top of the building, but after he dies and the police comes, they show it at street level.
Rutger Hauer a great Dutch actor delivers a very powerful end scene, with very few equals in cinema
The more time passes, the greater this film becomes - a true gem, a real work of artistry and illumination - and it touches the heart in a deeply sublime way that lasts for years
I can never watch this and not shed those tears. Saw this at the theater. 40 years later, i measure myself with this as my yardstick. The rain never ends...
"Tears in Rain" always brings tears to myself. Yet, this exact moment in cinema history will forever be remembered. Thanks for the good memories, Rutger Hauer! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Such a profound monologue! Roy's message resonates deeply with us all. RIP Rutger Hauer. 🙌
After his entire performance in Blade Runner, and this beautiful scene in particular, l could never understand why Rutger Hauer wasn't catapulted into the top ranks of movie stars. I mean, he has always had plenty of work since then but I'm not sure he ever got to participate in very many true masterpieces of film following this performance.
Being a Dutch actor (goat there ) with even the faintest of accents makes one suspect in hollywood . Arnie and even Jean claude got away with murder (pun intended) because they were action heroes
But for Rutger, a truly great actor , it was all or nothing , and he had to settle for many action films as well, despite being a triple A actor , in contrast to Arnie. European Hollywood stories are complex . Anglo saxons world tends to revolve around it's own sun
What might have saved rutger could've been being picked up by someone like David Lynch , I will never understand why this combination didn't happen in that era . Could've been special for the ages
Because he wasn't corrupted enough for Hollywood
I liked him in the roles he got. The Blood of Heroes for example.
@@stupidburp: That was pretty good. He did great in "Nighthawks" (1981) with Sylvester Stallone.👍
@@stupidburp Blood of Heroes is grossly overlooked and underrated ... it should be regarded on the same level as Mad Max as far as excellent post-apocalyptic movies goes
I fist saw this movie as a teenager. My brother had sent me the VHS by post, telling me I had to watch it... This, for me was the crowning scene of the whole film. The teenage me was completely mesmerised. Today, as I approach my own twilight years and watch my daughters grow, this scene hits harder than ever.
The perfect scene. This is what sci fi should be about. Too bad current films negates this substantive discovery aspect of the human condition.
I met Rutger shortly after this film and he was such a kind guy.
I recall watching this as a 9 year old when it was released on VHS way back in '83 and it has remained one of my most favorite films. Rutgers monologue hits me in the feels every time.
So proud of Rutger Hauer. Great talent from our small country.
When I'm struggling especially hard, I watch this scene from Blade Runner. Over and over. It brings me peace. As Tom Hanks said in The Green Mile, "time takes it all, whether you want it to or not." This speech by Rutger Hauer reminds the viewer that time comes for it all. Everything we hold dear, everything we see, whether we want it to, or not, time takes it all. The only thing we can do is recognize our moments, and understand that like us, they too, will be lost in time. Like tears.. in rain.
This one scene has stayed in my head my entire life.
The most beautiful moment in the context of this speech is when Roy protects Deckard and doesn't let Deckard vanish like a falling tear in the rain. Deckard is the remembrance of Roy that will live on. It's a beautiful scene.
This monologue I'd one of the reasons I love this movie so much, I still can't stop thinking about it.
It's also one of few moments in movies that make me cry.
Roy is passionate and demonstrates the soul of a poet. This contrasts starkly with Deckard who says nothing beautiful throughout the film. Even Deckards attraction is physical. This scene to me questions who and what on show is really beastly. It screams at you to consider the nuance of the characters motivations and actions. There is a case to be made that Roy is the more human of the two in many ways. A killer yes, but one who can appreciate beauty in non-sexual and aestheticly meaningful ways. Deckard demonstrates nothing comparable. He does his job, follows rules and lusts after the opposite sex. He is as programed as any robot.
He does try to console Rachel lying to her that shes not really a replicant and I also like that scene where he kind of puts on a gay lisp to talk to Zhora to which she incredulously asks "Are you for real?"
That's Deckard's character arc. Dried-out killer to - eventually - human in love.
Ergo Terrell's motto, "more human than human!"
Deckard also forces himself on the replicant , while Roy seems to have a more wholesome relationship with his gf
@@zorothe9th: Deckard did that because he wanted to push Rachael past her unwillingness to trust her own emotions. If you look at it again, he pushes her physically once, then holds up his hand to show he's not going further. He does the rest with words.
One of my favorite scenes in cinema, so much to unpack.
This is my favorite scene from my favorite movie, even more so now, I recently turned 60 and 2 days later went into cardiac arrest and required 20 minutes of cpr, and woke up from an induced coma in the hospital, then less than two weeks ago I underwent open heart surgery to replace my Aortic valve, watching this again now makes it even more poignant and has me in very visible tears.
I always tear up watching Roy give his final words.
Saw it firstly at 17. Its a lifetime masterpiece. Even then knew it was a hidden gem
When I saw this movie in the 80’s I couldn’t wait to tell my co-workers the next day I’d just seen the best movie final scene ever created. I tried to describe it and what it felt like to witness it. The power and purpose of Roy’s actions pulled me to edge of that building and the edge between life and death as surely as if I was actually there. I’m sure my feeble efforts were mostly for naught but some things are too valuable to keep to ourselves. Pass it on.
42 words….in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy..a computer is asked ….what is the meaning of life?…the answer is..42….is this a coincidence?
Is it a coincidence that it’s a coincidence?
Ascii 42 is a * . Which means anything you want it to be
I loved your perspective on this beautiful scene. Forty years on, it still manages to stir the saddest yet best part of me.
Rutger Hauer remained one of my favorite actors ever after this movie. Horridly underappreciated. That "greatest monologue" was actually written by Rutger Hauer himself!
No it wasn’t. Stop spreading this misinformation.
@@MrCostaC I see, so Rutger Hauer and Ridley Scott are both liars, and we should listen to you instead.
@@MrCostaC There's a Rotten Tomatoes interview with Ridley Scott who says Rutger wrote it, but not the last 3 words. th-cam.com/video/uPUIDHQv8rM/w-d-xo.html
Tears in Rain inspired me to write the one part of my short story Bosun's Journal which ended up moving readers to tears.
Every tear shed over a story is a badge of honor for its author. And for me, it's thanks to this one scene. What an amazing scene. What an amazing movie.
Where can we read your story?
@@KutWrite Until I get around to properly set up my website, only on Reddit. And because TH-cam hates links, just google Bosun's Journal, the TVTropes page should be the first result, quickly followed by the posts themselves.
I suggest to start with the first entry for the full experience.
Share your story mate.
Yes, I would also love to read your short story :)
I don't want to read your story
One day when I was 14, my Dad took me out to the middle of nowhere and showed me how to fire a powerful hand gun. After 3 rounds all I could think of was how ethereal and fragile human life really is. A minute motion of an index finger can destroy a lifetime of experiences and emotions as well as creating crippling emotional voids in those who shared that life. Never held a gun since and i try very hard not to judge others. In the end we only get one chance at it. Great analogy from a brilliant movie.
Rutger Hauer played the part beautifully, with subtle menace and sad tragic hope. I’ve always loved that scene like many and it is probably the scene that makes Bladerunner the film it is..
Agree. I had no idea that Rutger Hauer penned this. This monologue still brings tears to my eyes 41 years later, it true it sums all of it up in 42 words. Thank you for making and posting this video.
It is a superb scene indeed. Momento Mori in a nutshell, embodied by the incredible Rutger Hauer in his most memorable role.
carpe diem, for shiz
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve said this. Mr. Hauer adding his own voice and interpretation was genius.
When I first watched Blade Runner, this monologue sent shivers down my spine that no other film had done! To later find out that it was written by Rutger Hauer himself made it all the more impactful!
It is the greatest monologue in cinema!
This was perfect in Ridley's depiction of a future, Deckard acting like he is just existing with little joy and finally the finisher by Rutger, arguably one of the most tragic and human monologues ever. The film did not top the box office, but it did for SF people. It proved that there is some context in the genre rather than monsters and aliens.
Rutger playing it with deep emotion whilst also glitching out is masterwork.
The cinematography in this scene is brilliant as well. Roy, against the warm illumination of the neon lights, the life bustling about below, but his face is lit in shadow with a cold blue highlight, perhaps alluding to his synthetic existence.
Rick, against the darkness of the brick and metal, but his face lit in such a way as to accent his humanity.
This scene in particular was the best hands down scene that makes the audience that pays attention question themselves. it was beautiful
It’s the way he says “moments” that gets me every time. Like he’s realising the implication as he’s saying it. That’s all we ever really have, in the end: moments.
Thanks for watching everyone just one quick question.
This video was released a over a year ago but has gotten tens of thousands of views in the last 24 hours. Does anyone know why? Did someone share it or something? Its just odd for my tiny channel
Thanks again for watching it means a lot
No idea. I just had it recommended to me. Maybe someone at TH-cam is trying to warn a bunch of people about something.
I can’t exactly say. I’ve always been a fan of the movie and I’m a sci-fi and fantasy nerd in general, but I haven’t searched for or watched anything about Blade Runner in recent months. How I was brought here will most likely remain a mystery. What I can say is this is an enjoyable video you’ve put together. Thank you.
It was recommended to me today as well, I've never watched any of your content before, although I do watch movie related content and also am very interested in the music score composer, Vangelis of Blade runner. Great video though, for once the TH-cam algorithm did well.. :)
I am here because youtube recommended this vid to me. Excellent video.
Thank you sir@@alxgiann
Most powerful speech in cinema history
Never forget that the term "Thannhauser Gate" was literally invented in this scene. And it became a regular trope in sci fi for faster-than-light travel.
Until I saw this I didn't realize how many people thought the same way I did. Every since I heard this monologue I have thought that no matter how great my accomplishments or the things that I saw that they will die with me and mean nothing. I usually curl up into a ball and wait for that horror to pass
Easy buddy just share your moments with other and they will have their meaning
I thought so too. From the first time I ever saw that scene, and the hundreds of times I've watched it since. You don't get that from the book. What a great movie.
It was in his Eulogy because it was Rutger his absolute favorite role, He is dearly missed, I am fortunate to have known him, He was a true gentleman and a fantastic actor
This moves me to no end. RIP Rutger, he was a fantastic actor.
It is my mantra, this capped the off the best film ever made. It is so so deep and life affirming. As for Vangelis, just a perfect combination. I just love it beyond words.
I don't know if it's the greatest monologue in cinema history but it's incredibly moving and always makes me cry
Yes, strongly agree.
The video game Homeworld 2 has a scenario named Tanhauser Gate as a tribute to this movie. I would also like to point out Vangelis' score in this scene.
TRULY the best monologue - period! I can relate totally to this and probably my ending. I have loved and lost a couple of times and as i come to the end of my days I am alone, there is no one left, only me. All i was, did and achieved will be forgotten. There will be no one shedding tears over me it will all wash away - like tears in rain as I go back to the earth. So UTTERLY and uniquely powerful - I have realised I will be at peace like Roy..........I always watch this alone and it does bring tears but also a calm as to what is to come and how it will end.
(being Dutch..).. my aunt was Rutger Hauer's make up artist when he was filming a dutch series called Floris.. she used to tell us great stories...and Mr. Hauer was a true gentleman....I felt like I knew him back then...rest softly Mr.Hauer....we miss you
Rutgers/Roy Batty's words were touching especially after saving his nemesis from a certain death you feel and see the compassion he has for life and the passion of wanting more life , these words easily apply to us we each have seen things in our lives unique only to ourselves that will mostly be lost "like tears in the rain"
I cry every time I see this. In fact I tear up every time I even think about it; absolutely stunningly beautiful 🥹
Rutger Hauer once talked to me about this monologue. It was 2007 and I was participant in the Rutger Hauer Film Factory course that he set up in Rotterdam. We were making short films in a 4 day course, one of them being some rainy night scene inside a car on a dark film set with artificial rain equipment which made the mood match this Blade Runner scene to some degree. Because I was attending the course as an editor I didn't have anything to do during shooting so I decided to film a sort of second angle with a DV camera. In between takes Rutger once suddenly came up to my camera and did some weird over the top Marlon Brando style madness which was quite funny but didn't really fit in the story of the thing we were shooting so it was left out. Later during that shoot, out of the blue he started talking to me about having created some lines of text in his Blade Runner monologue the night before the shoot and how Ridley Scott liked it so much he kept it in. At the time I didn't know the film well enough to remember the scene exactly and put his words in perspective, and although I did realize what he was telling me was probably important I felt quite stupid because I was unable to respond properly. The course was in english but at that moment he was speaking to me in dutch and I probably said something like "wow cool", which is the same mediocre reply in both languages.
Mooi verhaal! Blade Runner is of course based on the work of Philip K. Dick, whose 2 main themes in his science fiction were "what is real" and "what is human." Philip K. Dick toiled in near poverty until right before his death, when he finally made some real money selling the movie rights to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" He died right before he could see Blade Runner. Movies & TV shows based on his work have subsequently made billions of dollars. His estate sued the makers of "Adjustment Bureau" when it was discovered (allegedly) that the source material was actually in the public domain.
In his last moments, he loves life and freedom so much that he lets Deckard live, and the dove, which is of course highly symbolic but so subtly so in this masterful scene.
My all time favorite line. Glad others share the sentiment
I just brought this up to my therapist the other day. Greatest lines Rutger ever spoke
I always wondered why Roy saved Deckard. Didnt make sense when I was younger.
He saved him so someone would remember him, someone would hear him before he passed.
Thats one of the saddest things ive ever realised
This movie and this scene have always been epic. Don't think any other actor could have pulled off playing Roy other than the great Rutger Hauer.
I've always remember this scene in this movie it makes you think about your life and you want it to have meaning you want to make memories and not waste time
Ran into your video a couple of months ago and is now saved in my faves to show others. Beyond well stated! Thank you.
Born as a replicant, died as a true Human. This scene will always be my favorite and will always remind me that one day everything we know and care about will be lost like tears in rain and all we can do is live life to the fullest and make everything worth it.
Those who burn twice as bright - Burn half as long,,,,,,,,,
Oh my God. I thought it was just me. The first time I saw this scene back when the movie came out, I was on the verge of tears. so profound.
This analysis deserves a lot more views.
One of my favorite bands from NJ, Sticks and Stones, sampled this and it has always stuck with me. Sadly, Peter (singer) passed on in 2021 but this film and this quote (as well as his life and legacy) has always resonated with me.
Watched film when it came out first, I was mesmerized, 40 odd years later I still am.
Life is a collection of memory’s, a lot being the people you were with and knew, but passed on, termination is real for us too..
Hauer added this speech himself after a night of sleep. It was not in the script and he had to convice Ridley about it.
as a kid, I didn't understand it. But it feels more genuine with it.
I first saw Rutger Hauer in Soldier of Orange in 1977 and followed his movies ever since. This monologue was possibly his best scene, although 'The Legend of the Holy Drinker' had some excellent scenes too.
I must have seen this scene hundreds of times and still really don't believe that Hauer is acting...unbelievable!!
Yes, I had a catch in my throat when I first heard this. What he is saying is the sadness of the human condition and that of any other being that can think and make sense of their life.
By waiting until Deckard starts to fall to his death before grabbing him - Batty gives Deckard the one thing Batty can't get but for himself but is desparately seeking - an extension passed the point of death.
That's deep.
Yes. Remember what Leon says - and later Roy. Words to the effect of "Living in fear is being a slave."
@@KutWrite That confirms it. We're all slaves. If you're not afraid in this day and age, you're probably on drugs from your local shrink.
I wish more people spoke as deep as this monologue
As someone that works in an environment where every interaction with a person can be your last one, its always hard to explain things to someone that doesn't work in that environment. Anyone that has served in combat will understand this monologue to the core of their being. This scene is one person telling another person about what they have been through, knowing they are staring death in the face. And at the same time they are accepting what is coming. It is a combination of relaying information and accepting their demise just to have someone listen to them. In the end, all we want is someone to hear what we are saying.
Thank you for this video. It’s always fascinating how much we can still learn after so long about Blade Runner.
I think Quint's Indianapolis monologue from Jaws is the only one I'd put above it. I think they're 1 and 2 however you want to order them. Interesting that they both have a similar theme - traumatized men telling their story. I personally just like Quint's a little better because it hits different the first time you see the movie and subsequent times you see the movie, so you kind of experience it in two different ways - fresh, and with the foreknowledge that this poor guy is going to have the fear that's haunted him his entire adult life come true.
I agree. They are both great.
Tears in the rain.
By far best monologue in movie history.
Hauer ruled.
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There are moments in life where I hear these words, such as looking at the view of a mountain, or the odd moment ones children are playing contently with one another, there is no other movie monologue that comes to mind, but this one does
This scene is a big part of why this is my favorite movie of all time.
My favorite movie. The older you get the more you understand it.
One of those rare movies that just gets better and more relevant as time passes...
I always loved this scene. I did not know that Rutger came up with it himself. I always looked at it as Rutger valuing life at the end so much he was unwilling to let his enemy decker die. I liked one of the comments where Rutger was able to give decker what he himself was searching for the whole time. He wanted someone to grant him more time. Rutger was able to grant that to decker.
Well said, all of it. This is, by far, one of my most favorite moments in cinematic history. You summed it up perfectly.
I hope I’m not the only one who cried to this scene. By the end of the movie, I felt really sorry for him. And the thought of having no one in your life that could carry on your legacy and memory after you die, like you never existed… really struck me in my heart.
It still makes me cry every time. So much lost on wasting time doing mostly nothing just to be lost to the void. Decker finally sees Roy as a person, understands his struggle for life and then he's gone. They did terrible things but only the things we humans created them to do. Roy kills his Dr. Frankenstein and Igor (presumably he kills Sebastian off camera) only after learning that there is no hope. We'd all feel that way, whether we'd kill anyone as a result of those feelings. We'd want to destroy the gods themselves for being cheated out of a full life.