I just watched the four-disc DVD collector’s edition of Blade Runner (Warner Bros. 2007). It’s well worth a look for any rabid BR fan - it includes, in their entirety, the original 1982 release, the international release from later that year (a little more violence in some of the fight scenes), the misnamed 1997 “director’s cut,” and the “final cut,” which director Ridley Scott now says is his favorite.
There are also a number of interesting short documentary features. On Disc 4, in the Enhancement Archive at the 1:54 mark, is a short segment titled “Nexus Generation.” It includes, without explanation, about a five-second segment which shows a blue-faced young woman lying a full bathtub, her feet crossed, apparently dead. Deckard (Harrison Ford), in an overcoat, staggers and sits down on the edge of the bathtub, clearly upset. There is water dripping down from the ceiling, suggesting that the scene is set in the Bradbury Building (where J.F. Sebastian had his suite of rooms), but it’s hard to tell.
There was another replicant, named Mary, iirc, who had one or two scenes in the film which were ultimately cut. Pretty sure it’s her in the scene you describe. In the Second Draft of the script I own, Deckard finds her dead body on a bed in the Bradbury apartment. Probably changed to a bathtub when filmed.
There’s an interview with the actress who played Mary on the four disc set. She was the runner-up for Pris, so they gave her Mary as a consolation.
Now, I’m doubting my memory of having watched the extras on that four disc set. Wikipeida’s entry on actress Stacey Nelkin says the role of Mary was cut before filming began.
But I coulda sworn that she said in the interview that she filmed a scene or partial scene before the part was cut.
So, I may or may not be right in my answer to your question.
Sounds like The Shining Bladerunner. Next thing you know, Decker’s talking to his finger while Rutgher Hauer runs through the Bradbury building with an axe…
I thought that was the other female replicant. The dancer. Deckard goes and looks in the tub, finds the scale for the snake and then goes to the snake maker and finds the girl.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Deckard a dull boy.
Correct, that was Zhora. The dead girl in the bathtub in this brief scene is definitely not Zhora.
Cal, it’s funny you should mention The Shining, because Ridley Scott got surplus Shining helicopter footage of mountain scenery from Stanley Kubrick to use in the concluding scene of the original theatrical release of Blade Runner. In his more recent final cut, though, he deleted it.
Not a rabid Blade Runner fan, but I’ll take a shot:
There may be a connection between the aforementioned deleted scenes AND…
Near the beginning, when Edward James Olmos brings Deckard to see M. Emmet Walsh, he tells Deckerd about the “four skin jobs” loose on the street. A bit later her says there were SIX that escaped. He describes four - Pris, Roy, Zhora and Leon - and says one died during the escape. That only makes five.
Mary is the obvious choice for the lady with the blue hair. Editing oops.
Well, yeah - they STILL made an editing mistake. They just went back and fixed their error. I consider the cinematic version of putting your foot in your mouth and having to go back and explain it.
…just sayin’ is all…
