Rutger Hauer dies
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098435

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Oh no! :o Absolutely love his movies, Split Second especially is something I try to watch at least once a year.

RIP Mr. Hauer

Made this a couple of years ago. Seems fitting to put it here.
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WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH69ZrCmgm8

A great actor in my book farewell.

I remember him from 'Hostile waters', the submarine film where he's Captain Britanov of the russian submarine that collides with the US Sub (Skipper played by Martin Sheen), and "Hitcher, the Highway Killer". The latter had me dreaming bad for some time.
While his films are mostly rated as B-movies i mostly liked them, and his play.

Rest in Peace.

"He has seen things."

One of Ridley Scott's best picks ever for a role. And Hauer's by far most iconic one. Like Catfish said, his performance as the highway killer and the Russian skipper also stayed on my mind for longer time. But unfortunately real high profile main roles did not really come after Blade Runner. I often wondered what had become of Hauer, I saw it as a career in B-movies at best. Scott once said he were a striong charcater - maybe too strong as if he would show the needed adaptation to the needs of mainstream blockbuster formats.

^ OT Having character means instant fail in Hollywood :yep:
(Anyone read Ellroy's books like "Perfidia", or "White Jazz"?)

I did not know he also had a role in the 'Blade runner'. Oh yes..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8
Should really see it once more. Thanks Sky. And Eichhörnchen, of course.

A truly great and versatile actor...


One of the pities is how Hollywood always wanted to have him play heavies or psychos; Hauer had a really great sense of humor and got very few chances to show his comedic skills. One action film made use of his humor, Blind Fury, where he plays a Viet Vet who was blinded in action and learned swordsmanship from masters; the film was based on the popular Japanese Toho Studios series of Zatoichi, Blind Swordsman, Samurai films; Blind Fury was intended to be a franchise series, but it didn't pan out:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyQgpHIDDh4



RIP, Mr. Hauer, and thanks for all the great memories...







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Never seen Blind Fury, but have watched the Zatoichi series a couple of times. Must check it out! :up:

Fatherland
Escape from Sobibor
Hostile Waters

Another 3 good ones.

One of the articles I read on him said he wrote all those lines himself.

in the end we are all replicants..."time to die". I loved him in Flesh and Blood and Soldier of Orange. :Kaleun_Salute:

Well worth the effort; Blind Fury is sort of one of my "guilty pleasures", a film not highly considered, but with elements that make it highly watchable, primarily watching Hauer tackle the character with such glee. The biggest drawback was the supporting cast who, either through bad acting of their own or being given overly cartoonish characters to play, dragged down the film a bit. Too bad; the idea of a series showed promise...

I was a big fan of the Zatoichi films and was lucky there was a Toho Films theater here in LA that showed those films regularly, along with other favorite cult films like Lone Wolf and Cub. It always amazes me just how much Hollywood lifted from Japanese cinema in the years following WW2, not just from noted filmmakers line Kurosawa, Oshima, and Ozu, but, also, from the many more "mass-market" films...






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R.I.P.

Always been a big fan of him and his movies.

RIP

It's a very sad news - in my family we all love Blade Runner. I can as well recall the Hitcher and Soldaat van Oranje and many other his wonderful works.
RIP