Blade Runner 2049 - 'The world is built on a wall' Scene [HD]

Officer K receives new orders from Lieutenant Joshi, played by Robin Wright.

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[spero]

There's a metaphor between the wall described in this scene and the Sea Wall seen later in the film. The city represents something man-made (replicant) and the ocean represents something natural (human). Notice when K and Joi go to the Trash Mesa, _K_ is flying the spinner close to the wall, on the city side. During the climax, _Joe_ flies over the wall. This means he is turning human. He proves his agency by disobeying the orders of Joshi for self-preservation, and also disobeying the orders of the rebel leader for self-actualization. The idea to rescue Deckard and take him to his daughter is his idea, brought into reality by consciousness.

[Mayakran]

His face at the end when she says he doesn’t have a soul just.... damn that hurts, man

[desktopshorts]

There literally isn't a bad performance, scene or effect in this film. It's baffling. Denis, you absolute legend.

[armandrodriguez]

Robin Wright has some of the best lines in this film; a very underrated character.

[YashShevde]

Read between the lines: she doesn’t even understand the implication of “I’ve never retired something that was born before” - “what’s the difference?” — well then why retire any in the first place? Brilliant screenplay.

[planeguy]

I adore that shot of the camera looking through the glass with the rain pouring down. Gorgeous camerawork

[Anubis]

Perfected the visual mood with the lighting, color-scheme and those orange heat lamps in her office. Absolute visual perfection on top of all the other perfections the movie holds.

[TheArcher]

"I've never retired something that was born before" - the conflict etched onto his face

[Aurongel]

The photography here is simply incredible. I love the choice to use a longer take at 1:00 shot using a slightly wider lens, it helps you see K's breathing and body language with regards to the troubling thing he was just told. It helps her final soul comment to him hit that much harder.

[Mayakran]

Joshi and K’s “master/owner-slave” dynamic is pretty disturbing tbh, but it IS fascinating. She doesn’t seem think of him as a person, more like office equipment or maybe a police dog or something, but she also accepts his refusal when she propositions him (while implying that intimacy between them would be that “something real” everyone is looking for) and she later DIES instead of giving him up to Luv. Quite a bit was cut from the final release (including additional footage in LAPD headquarters) and I can’t help but wonder if K and Joshi’s relationship had originally been better fleshed out because there is a lot to explore there.

[Beast]

Is it settled? Do we all agree this is the best science fiction movie in the last 10 yrs (at least)?

[danc]

Ryan Gosling's acting is astounding in this film. Watching this scene, and then the very next scene in Joshi's office (the one where K is brought back in by the authorities), you can tell the difference in his demeanor and tone, even though he remains reserved. He has more clarity and insolence in his voice, and Joshi knows he is toeing the line, not just by where they found him, but by the fear she sees in his eyes. There is so much unspoken dialogue between K and Joshi. She knows the value of ignorance, especially in a world as fragile as the one in which they live. Both of them are part of a system they both know is on the brink, yet persist on maintaining this image of stability. While my favorite performance is clearly Gosling, Joshi is my favorite character.

[MrAristaeus]

The writing in this is fantastic. This is the first time Agent K has been told, albeit indirectly and through a rhetorical question, that replicants are essentially no different from humans, as there is a moral equivalence in ‘retiring’ either.

[NutterButter]

The line “what’s the difference” is so interesting. As she said, she only maintains order. She orders K to do things to keep the peace. While killing someone who is born vs killing a replicant is, morally, a huge difference (soul vs no soul), in terms of keeping the peace, it isn’t different at all. A replicant child challenges the societal order in the same way that rogue replicants do. Same problem deems it the same importance.

[guillermovaccarezza]

This movie plays on very subtle levels of facial expressions, there is so much said by the character's eyes, specially Gosling's

[JONNOG]

00:15-00:30 Best line in the film. In my humble opinion. Truly puts you into the BR world.

[scottg]

And this scene sets the direction for the rest of the movie.

[noblesavage]

Brings me to tears when she says you've been getting along without a soul

[mikebellissimo-ds]

Am I the only one that thinks that she would make an amazing Boss, if MSG3 was ever to be made into a movie?? I mean she even has the voice down!!!

[miffedmax]

honestly K's face at the end there is a perfect example of the little slivers of comedy that Denis Villeneuve sprinkles into his films, its not enough to classify the film's as "funny" but its enough to keep the film satisfying as an audience member, i genuinely believe that Denis Villeneuve is one of (if not the) best director active today