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Fiery the angels fell; deep thunder rolled around their shores; burning with the fires of Orc.
— Blade Runner · 1982
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Roy uses a grand prophetic voice in a room devoted to manufacturing parts of living beings. The borrowed poetry gives the supposed product a range of imagination his makers underestimate.
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In context
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In Blade Runner, Roy Batty recites this altered passage from William Blake’s America a Prophecy to Chew, the genetic designer who makes eyes. It is part of Roy’s search for a route to Tyrell and more life.
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- Chew’s freezing eye laboratory; Roy and Leon seek a route to Tyrell — reference 1Chew’s freezing eye laboratory; Roy and Leon seek a route to Tyrell; wording and sceneReference checked
- Chew’s freezing eye laboratory; Roy and Leon seek a route to Tyrell — reference 2Chew’s freezing eye laboratory; Roy and Leon seek a route to Tyrell; wording and sceneReference checked
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