Daily Dialogue — March 9, 2017

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”

— Blade Runner (1984), screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples, novel by Philip K. Dick

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Last words.

Trivia: Originally, Roy Batty was to have a lengthy monologue just prior to his death, as written by David Webb Peoples. Rutger Hauer felt this didn’t help in creating any dramatic impact in the scene, so he removed much, keeping the pieces he liked, and then added the last two lines, “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”

Dialogue on Dialogue: One of the most memorable sides of last word dialogue in movie history and I think it’s because it’s so surprising (as is Roy Batty’s decision to save Deckard’s life). We see the ‘humanity’ of replicant emerge in his last moments of life.