says the hobo with a shotgun.
Posted on 02/05/2017 11:12:01 AM PST by JoeProBono
"Tears in Rain", also referred to as "The C-Beams Speech", is a brief monologue delivered by replicant Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) in the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. The final form, altered from the scripted lines and improvised by Hauer on the eve of filming, has entered popular culture as "perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history" and is an often quoted piece of science fiction writing.
Every time I watch this movie I see something else. The people who see nothing at all mystify me. To each his own.
I like the scene with the eye manufacturer, when Rutger starts his interrogation by quoting Milton:
“Fiery the angels fell,
Great fires rolled around their shores,
Burning with the fires of Orc.”
Patient, relaxed, all the time in the world.
I agree, it’s a wonderful movie.
Much in contrast to some of his later work, such as “Hobo with a shotgun.”
That movie might just have the worst score ever in a good movie.
On his IMDb, I was a bit puzzled by his having a movie in post-production called “Viy 2”.
The original Viy, or Spirit of Evil (1967), was the first Soviet horror movie, and they did a very good job (IMDb 7.5).
However, they did a different movie with the same title in 2014. Not particularly good. Yet this 2017 sequel to it has both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan in it. So somebody is investing money in it.
See the original Viy. It’s available on Amazon.
says the hobo with a shotgun.
“Hauer Ya Doin?” ping.
Hear her! The two scenes that haunt me are the Hauer death scene and the scene as the couple are heading up the coast, at the end.
Make that Hear here!
The quote is actually a mis-quote.
And the original is from Blake, not Milton:
"“Fiery the Angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder roll’d
Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc…”
America - A Prophecy,
Oh, you’re right.
But I loved the way they worked it into the movie. I never heard Blake deliver it.
... and sorry about Milton.
Kind of doubtful that anyone alive today has.
Blake wrote it in 1793.
{;^)~
*** “I thought the movie was overall mediocre except for that scene” ***
Can you imagine how good it would have been without Harrison Ford?
Great last words. It’s up there with Mike Ehrmantraut’s in Breaking Bad: He yells at his talkative murderer Walter White, saying “Would you shut the (eff bomb) up and let me die in peace!”
Because Mike knew that all Walter was doing was trying to justify his actions. Mike was like the ultimate pragmatist, and had no time to entertain self-delusions.
Exactly!
Given both Mike’s and Walter’s personalities, those last words were perfect. They were also comedic gold: Mike was my favorite Breaking Bad character, so I was sad to see him go, but I was glad he told that nervous nelly Walter to just shut up already. Mike understood. He already knew the score. No need for a long-winded speech from Walter.
I surprised myself when I actually laughed after hearing Mike say those words.
And I’m glad Walter found some decency in himself to honor Mike’s request.
They ended up silently watching the Rio Grande river flowing by them until Mike passed. Very poignant scene.
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