Rutger Fucking Hauer, indeed. RIP to a real one.
https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
change thread title to 'Rutger Hauer is a DEAD'
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
still ride for NIGHTHAWKS, which is better than its mediocre rep. Stallone was cool in that too. though the ending kinda sucked. Great in Soldier of Orange and Blade Runner and The Hitcher and in that Kylie Minogue video.
― omar little, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
he is certainly the best thing about Verhoeven's Turkish Delight and maybe Spetters too
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, July 24, 2019 3:02 PM bookmarkflaglink
Stfu
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
RIP
You have to see him in Olmi's "Legend Of The Holy Drinker". He carries the film and it's fairly remarkable even when lapsing into some (gorgeously filmed) hokiness.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
Hauer's death is bumming me out much more than I expected it would because he was a few years younger than my parents and now I can't stop wondering how much time I actually have left with my parents assuming we all go due to old age.
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
Yeah, same here. My dad's 78 -- his younger brother sadly already passed -- and my mom turns 75 later this year. The time will always be shorter than we want.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 24, 2019 1:15 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
he’s the best thing about every verhoeven movie he’s in. soldier of orange!!!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 July 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
yeah, same - when i read he died at 75 i immediately thought of my 70-year-old parents
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 July 2019 14:18 (four years ago) link
"Me? I sold up and moved to Earth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIXmHMLPmiM
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 July 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
Can anyone recommend any specific interviews?
― Simon H., Friday, 26 July 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
I'm surprised how few of people's favorites I've actually heard of. Eureka, Blood Of Heroes, Blind Fury, Nighthawks and Eureka are entirely new to me. Didn't realize just how many films he played lead role in.
Kept wondering if he had moved entirely into low budget b-movies and television but there was Batman Begins, Valerian and this bizarre upcoming sequel (also featuring Jackie Chan and Arnie) to the awful Viy remake. I'm sure a lot of people are kicking themselves for not casting him when he was still around.
I could swear a ton of Japanese comics, animation and videogame character designs were based on him. Bryan Fury from Tekken is the only one that springs to mind.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 July 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Rutger roundup
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6517-the-unnervingly-beautiful-and-versatile-rutger-hauer
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 July 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
Blind Fury is pretty lame, aside from the blind swordsman thing this is a completely generic action film of the era.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 18 July 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link