Rutger Hauer Articles

Rutger Hauer, Carice van Houten, Black Butterflies Writer-director Lisa Aschan's feature film debut, Apflickorna / She Monkeys, took top honors at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Co-written by Josefine Adolfsson, Best Narrative Feature winner She Monkeys depicts the complex relationship between two young equestrian vaulters played by newcomers Mathilda Paradreiser and Linda Molin. Robert De Niro was one of the presenters of the award. [Full [...]

Daryl Hannah in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Producer Michael Deeley, however, makes the most insightful comment on all three of the commentaries when he affirms that the original, with the voice-over, is the best version. He says that he often argues with the film's diehard fans as they point to later versions as proof that the voice-over was superfluous. Deeley's response is that the later [...]

Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner BLADE RUNNER Review: Part III There is simply no scene in Blade Runner that approaches that moment in Au hasard Balthazar. Indeed, Scott doesn't even try, for Blade Runner is one of those movies whose reputation rests almost entirely upon the "criticism of intent": a noxious reiteration of the intentional fallacy. Fans and supporters of the film simply [...]

Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner BLADE RUNNER Review: Part II Now, fans of the film (and many of them border on fetishism) insist the "Final Cut" is better because it implies Deckard is a Replicant. Film critic James Berardinelli concurs: While the director's cut removes the unfortunate voice-over from the original and eliminates the sappy happy ending, it also raises a question that [...]