It blew me away. I own it, rewatch about once a year. Don’t like the electric guitar soundtrack, but love everything else. Okay, just like Leo McKern (?) as he is a bit over the top, and so is the bishop, but it owns a part of my soul.
I stuck a poor themometer out in the sun a few minutes ago. Poor thing nearly had a heart attack. It was relatively happy at 28 degrees under the patio but it shot up to 46 in five minutes out there. I don’t know if it’s ever going to speak to me again.
Apparently he actually died a little while ago in the Netherlands, but his family asked that it not be announced until after his funeral. He was one of the good ones. 🙂
When I looked him up after reading about is death, I found out that the “tears in rain” line was his addition. For me, it’s one of the most memorable movie lines ever. And it was the actor who came up with it, not the writer. 🙂
Exactly what I was going to quote: Like tears in rain. How I feel right now. Not actually crying, but crying inside, somewhere. Also didn’t know Rutger came up with that little bit of poetry………
That may be my favorite scene in any movie.
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Perfect finale to a damn-near perfect film. 🙂
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Also see: Ladyhawke (with very young Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick), and Flesh and Blood (with a very young Jennifer Jason Leigh).
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Ladyhawke was the first film I saw that showed me fantasy films could be for grown-ups too. 🙂
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It blew me away. I own it, rewatch about once a year. Don’t like the electric guitar soundtrack, but love everything else. Okay, just like Leo McKern (?) as he is a bit over the top, and so is the bishop, but it owns a part of my soul.
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Never thought of it as fantasy; always thought of it as TRUE.
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Heh. 😀 … absolutely! 😀
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Lovely man, and an amazing actor… see you on the other side soon, Rutger…
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Not too soon I hope. 🙂
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Might be, if this heat doesn’t ease off…
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I stuck a poor themometer out in the sun a few minutes ago. Poor thing nearly had a heart attack. It was relatively happy at 28 degrees under the patio but it shot up to 46 in five minutes out there. I don’t know if it’s ever going to speak to me again.
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You might have killed it, for it has to be sudden death out there! I’m not going out until it goes away…
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It needed CPR but it’s fine now. 😀 … and today we’re back to a delightful 22!
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We are experiencing a cool couple of days, but not for long, according to the weather people…
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A CLASSIC FILM, CHINA
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That it was. 🙂
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Reblogged this on LIVING THE DREAM.
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He always seemed indestructible
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Even when he went down you always expected him to bounce right back up again. 🙂
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I saw him recently in “The Sisters Brothers” portraying a ruthless business man in the West. Was he ever wicked!
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He did the brooding villain rather well, didn’t he? 🙂
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I didn’t know he’d died. Thanks for sharing the news and the clip of an amazing actor.
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Apparently he actually died a little while ago in the Netherlands, but his family asked that it not be announced until after his funeral. He was one of the good ones. 🙂
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When I looked him up after reading about is death, I found out that the “tears in rain” line was his addition. For me, it’s one of the most memorable movie lines ever. And it was the actor who came up with it, not the writer. 🙂
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A good director knows when to let her/his actors ‘off the leash’, and this proves it. 🙂
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Exactly what I was going to quote: Like tears in rain. How I feel right now. Not actually crying, but crying inside, somewhere. Also didn’t know Rutger came up with that little bit of poetry………
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That’s why I chose that clip. That he ad-libbed that whole monologue said a great deal about him as an actor. 🙂
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This scene is imprinted in my memory.
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It’s quite stunning, isn’t it, on lots of levels. 🙂
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And the fact that Rutger Hauer died in 2019 is beyond stunning.
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Of course!!! I had forgotten that! 😀
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What a man!
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