Tears in Rain, from "Blade Runner" (1982), directed by Ridley Scott

"Blade Runner" flopped on its initial release, but with time and the issuing of a director's cut, it came to stand as a landmark of dystopian cinema. It also gave Rutger Hauer -- as the replicant toying with Harrison Ford's Deckard -- his finest screen moment, delivering in the finale what many consider one of the greatest monologues (and death scenes) in movies. Hauer's own passing in 2019 occasioned many replays of this melancholy, deeply affecting scene; the concluding "All those moments ..." passage was the actor's own creation. (For a final cosmic flourish, 2019 is also the year Roy Batty dies in the film.)

Documentary:
What Makes "Tears in Rain" Special

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