Ridley Scott : The Film Director and the Film

of the eye), on a Nexus-6 replicant. Dr. Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel) wants to see the Voight- Kampff test performed on a normal human being before he supplies a Nexus-6 prototype. Rachael is the chosen subject and after the test Deckard discovers that she is a replicant, but Rachael, like Deckard, has been programmed with 'implants' or memories of other people, in her case with the memories of Tyrell's niece. During a later visit to Deckard's flat she produces a photograph of herself as a child, with her supposedly natural mother. The following screenplay and stage directions are taken from the original shooting script. Minor adjustments were made during the actual filming. Interior: Deckard's apartment - night. The place is a mess. Deckard walks to the cocktail cabinet and pours himself a drink. Rachael: "You think I'm a replicant don't you? Look." She goes to him holding a picture in her hand. It's an old snapshot, a	little girl with her mother and father. Rachael: "It's me with my parents." Deckard finally speaks, takes off his wet raincoat and throws it on a chair. Deckard: "Yeah - and when you were six and you and your brother snuck into an empty building...... through the basement window. You were going to play doctor. He showed you his. When it got to your turn you chickened out and ran. Remember that?" She looks up and he's staring at her, but she dosn't seem to notice. Deckard: "You ever tell anybody that? Tyrell, your mother, anybody? You remember that bush outside your window with a spider in it?" Rachael looks up at him. Deckard: "You watched her build a web all summer. Orange body, green legs...... and one day there was a big egg in it." Her voice is getting very small. Rachael nods faintly.

[PAGE 32]