Blade Runner - end scene

[TheUInIneedYou]

damn directors cut

[staybeautifulSB]

all those moments will be lost... in time like tears in rain - proberly the greatest quote i've ever heard has always stuck with me. and Blade Runner, greatest film ever :D

[BountyUFC]

+1 Rutger Hauer

[MrAntiBrent]

His intentional hesitation to say "moments" or "memories" is one of the most well delivered parts I've ever seen in cinema.

[DakotamusPrime]

AHHHHHH SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOD! apparently that actor just freestyled that too

[alexx64100]

Muy buen mensaje!!!!!!

[TheKingkongsdingdong]

i prefer this ending to the ending in the book. here he develops a humanity whereas in do androids dream of electric sheep he remains barely human

[OrisLover]

Amazing.

[TSM8088]

Perhaps the best "pay-off" scene in movie history.

Philosophically genius and singularly beautiful..

[GarlandFraser]

All those moments will be lost in time... like.... TEARS IN THE RAIN... *font get's closer to screen*

[PSXnigma]

best ending and film, there is always time to thing who you are...

[wardogmobius]

Basically,the replicant appreciation for life is shown even though his not human or have real human emotions. But that can be debated elsewhere because he develop his.What I want to say is that,the replicant,knowing his was going to die, remember all those moments in his life and realize that giving life(saving him) to deckard was his last act to show love to everything he never could enjoy or comprehend.Even with the replicants limitations compare to a human, he develop a great love for life.

[wardogmobius]

@wardogmobius And Because he develop that great love and wisdom for life, when he says" all those moments lost through time, like tears in the rain" meaning that, we,humans or anything else,are insignificant to the universe as a grain of sand is to the desert.But, because of that feeling of hopelessness and loneliness, lies our greatest curiosity and passion to what we could never understand and admire, Life.Appeciate your life,"Do upon to others like you want others to do upon to you" thats it.

[dietdictocrat]

this moment in the film made me realise there is no after life, we are just biological robots. very poignant

[hughtub]

"like tears in the rain" was Rutger Hauer's own addition to the dialogue.

[Foloroth]

The subtitles are stupid. Otherwise an amazing scene.

[DCHurlford1]

Superb, without doubt Hauer's finest ever film performance, well imo anyway. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure i read somewhere that it was Hauer who thought up this speech. Brilliant film, the original UK/US theatrical release with the voice over and happy ending is still my favourite version but the other's are enjoyable as well. Cheers for posting.

[poonceface2]

yes he did! he went to ridley scott with the changes and scott just went....yer whatever...and WA LA! hauer hated his previous lines so he spat out something epic!

[DCHurlford1]

@poonceface2 Cheers for the reply and the info.

(David).

[wrath231]

My only beef with the Final Cut is the sky got redarkened so its not quite as uplifting when the dove flies off.

[PsychotronicWar]

Whenever I see this scene, I always cry. I am a movie freak and for years now I am trying to pick my best scene and movie ever. I am between Space Odyssey's The Dawn of Man and the monologue of Hauer here. I believe that the latter has many potentialities to be THE BEST SCENE EVER IN THE CINEMA HISTORY; it talks about Technology, Vanity, Human Soul, Fear of Death, Relationships.

Yesiam, thank you for uploading this video. Blade Runner will always be in your hearts and souls.

[disgust24]

timeless movie which is totally underrated.

[JesusManson323]

Anything that wants to live...is that not life?

[sdfghrdnhjt]

*cried*

[Sundownerr]

makes me think, special effects are RUINING the world of science fiction.

[Skep155]

True true, there's very little like this in modern sci fi.

[PsychotronicWar]

@ Sundownerr: You couldn't be more right; indeed, in movies like Blade Runner we see that the basic absence of hardcore FX elements functioned properly and in advantage for the movie. Now, FX are good for our eyes in order to forget the black spots of the every day life, but I support your post...

[tehkao]

Greatest sci-fi movie of all time.

[DonCorleone87]

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain"

that's awesome one of the best movie endings in cinema history

[Trill104]

The ending of district 9 almost topped this........almost

[2sepgorillas]

makes you proud to be human

[wolfman8325]

its getting close to 2019, In ten years our cities will be gigantic china towns with evil killer replicants and flying cars.

[drakesmithmarshall]

might just happen. china is moving on up! :D

[Kinkoyaburi]

@wolfman8325 Well since USA owes China so much money, it sure can happen ROFLCOPTER

[razlubinsky]

i read all the 50 comments and still don't see it. im not here to argue but can someone explains what so great about this scene? and please no "if you can't see it, it doesn't worth explaining it" or stuff like this. what am i missing? can you give me details and explain it perfectly so ill see it too?

[crackerkun]

you have to see the entire movie. It isn't as powerful out of context. It's a metaphor depicting the frailty of the mortal coil of man. He's claiming our lives don't mean shit.

[NickMichalak]

It's the fact that a replicant, an articial humanoid, comes to appreciate the beauty, quality, and value of life in his final moments. In a film where he has been a menacing, scary, and potentially lethal character, he becomes rather sympathetic at the end. You come to understand what he is all about, and see that, perhaps, he is more human than any human.

[greatestdirector]

he means that life is conciousness of being, the conciousness of experiences. after he dies all these experiences will be lost with his conciousness. all reality exists while he's alive. unless he lives reality perishes. existence-nihility, life-death, conciousness... this is all about that. question!... is anything gonna remain from him? does the bird delivers something from him to another realm? he's pessimistic about that, 'cause he's a fabricated one.

[SamShepler]

ooohhhhh? YES, now i get the beauty of it :)

dramatic irony

[UFOBevy]

Time to die

[eelsevilla]

indeed fucking awesome

[HudsonAO8TQ1]

improv rutger....

this is my favourite movie of all time.... this scene is my favourite of all those movies.

long live the action hero

long live industrial (REAL) sci-fi

fuck star wars and star trek.... this is the real future

[Connorrules1]

'a long time ago...' That kinda gay away it wasnt our future

[HudsonAO8TQ1]

but incidentally it is still a look at "a" future, and one which i think holds more truth than most sci-fi

[greatestdirector]

dude, you interprete exactly how i feel about it. fuck star wars and whoever considers that fantastic shit as sci-fi.

[PsychotronicWar]

@ greatestdirector: I am a Star Wars fan, especially the old trilogy, but you are right till a point; Star Wars is not even sci-fi, but rather a Space Opera. Just try not to compare incomparable entities; Star Wars is what it is, Blade Runner is cyberpunk noir. But you have a point...

[iamFenny]

Rutger's the man. 

Awesome scene.

[jghor23]

God i always wonder if Harrison Ford is crying at the end of the scene or is it rain?

[THEFIRSTAVENGERUSA]

Same except I think that about Batty.

[TheBlitz1]

Hes not crying hes just in shock and trying to understand -- how robots can experience life the same as a human can.

[albertdunn122]

Poetic, sad, meaningful, beautiful...simply breath taking.

[Uilliampictcelt]

some many meanings to this scene, fantastic!!!! :)

[doctorjones300]

I love this ending a lot. The whitish background and his last words... Amazing.

[zark212]

There was nobody else.

[MalkavianMadness]

You mean. Rutger Hauer. and yes he's dutch. ^^

[GAZZA27781]

the only reason its a classic is cos of reutger huer sorry if the spellings out im mashed

[Sundownerr]

This movie is th bst movie ive ever seen.

[Keruaran]

Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir masterpiece has never really enjoyed the recognition it deserves.

[woodie187]

Epic.

[MargheritaAquarium]

Extraordinary...

[emotastickittysnot]

I love to quote this...

[spectralrealm]

thank u for writing in the quotes! I need them for my mid-term hehe..just to refreash my memory. A beautiful ending...

[penguino29]

One of the most symbolic closing scene in the history of Sci-fi movies. Roy, Deckard and the pigeon on the roof top fighting for life. Thank you for showing it to us. Nice quality cutting and encoding too.

[PsychotronicWar]

@ penguino29: A personal thought. For many years, I was trying to figure out the scene with the pigeon. I think that it has the metaphorical meaning of the soul release after death; even an android might have a soul and when Hauer dies, this soul {the pigeon} lives the industrial/cyberpunk/noir environment towards Heavens{?}. It is just a simple thought I have...

[wikum3]

visuals in this film are jaw-dropping - the original star wars gets a lot of praise - I'd say this top i with gorgeous, moody cinematography.

[IbanezDemon]

amazing

[jimmiexiong]

in the end, the android cherished life more then anthing, by saving the detectives life, also to forgive

[lb5590]

overated film to say the least

[manofsteelwool]

Underrated, if you ask me.

[bradenoberson]

overrated if you ask me

[wardogmobius]

@manofsteelwool ABSOLUTELY UNDERRATED, best thing I have ever seen!

[bradenoberson]

i agree

[sleepfreak12]

thats were the creater of submachine got it?

[glumpty]

smartys tast nice

[MrLukee]

awesome! so powerful and emotional! oh and brilliantly delivered! a masterpiece movie.

[bbokos]

I'm not sure who the bigger genius is here, Ridley Scott or Vangelis, but together they created a masterpiece. Perhaps, the greatest science fiction movie!

[signboyy]

yes ridley scott makes visually beautiful movies. due to his experience in advertising i imagine. the only directors who are on par with him visually are kubrick, nolan, fincher, and the coen brothers.

[Trigasnip]

Absolutely genius. my literary teacher(Dr Robert Schackle) recommended me to see this film after he quoted this scene for me. Pure genius. Ridley Scott played this out perfect. A movie that CANT be remade.

[rainrix]

If you compare those lines to "The Drunken Boat" , a 100-line verse-poem written by Arthur Rimbau, you will see a lot of similarities with the last speech of Roy.

[SteveNewman03]

I think he did actually read another poem and change some things round if I remember correctly, so it could very well be that he used 'The Drunken Boat' as a basis for his speech

[solechna]

I just read the poem and definitely see the similarities. Thanks for the reference. You've contributed to the lore of the movie. Steve

[spectralrealm]

Can i ask what poem reminds u of this scene?

[norsef]

I hate that sodding dove. It's so ruddy obvious and overt, hate it when they do that.

[rainrix]

What is so obvious for you smartarse?

[norsef]

It's either his sole or the animorphication for humans and replicants being live together in peace.

Compared to the subtle stuff, like the toys and the longing for memories, it's like the director slapped you round the back of your head and yells "See!?!".

[rainrix]

I don't see the dove as a symbol of peace in this scene but to represent the soul of Roy when he dies it will fly in the sky.

[signboyy]

well today its a cliche movie symbol because a lot of directors saw this and ripped it off from ridley.

[PigLover69]

This is the greatest ending ive ever seen.