Blade Runner with Paul Smith

Hello, fond listeners! Making the Scene is back with a brand new invention! Today, we are joined by Gobbledygeek co-host and The Deli Counter of Justice co-editor/author Paul Smith! He’s chosen one of my favorite scenes of all time, the famous “Tears in the Rain” sequence from Blade Runner.

It’s the conclusion to a long chase sequence, as our hero Rick Deckard is pursued onto a rain-soaked rooftop by the replicant he was sent to “retire”, Roy Batty. Just as Deckard is about to fall to his death, Batty rescues him, and in his dying moments, recounts the wonders he’s seen in his too-short life. The entire film can be boiled down to this scene, from the art design and still-top of the line effects work on a futuristic Los Angeles, to the philosophical musings of what it means to be human, and the cruelty of mortality.

We pick up the scene at about 1:42, and end at 1:48. I couldn’t find the whole scene online, but I did find a clip that picks up just before the most important part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

You can find Paul’s podcasting work on Gobbledygeek at http://gobbledygeekpodcast.com

And, remember, The Deli Counter of Justice is on sale now at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Deli-Counter-Justice-Eric-Sipple/dp/1502528800/

We’ll be on a slightly accelerated release schedule this month, so get ready next week for my talk with Joseph Lewis. We’re bringing the Paul Thomas Anderson to Making the Scene with Boogie Nights!