A strange elevator operator looking a 150 years?

This was one of the characters in the movie according to the Starlog journalist (James Van Hise) who did the Blade Runner sneak preview article while the film was still in post-production.

"There are also other touches in the film which are not derived from the book. For instance, there is an elderly elevator operator who looks to be about 150 and who wears an apparatus consisting of tubes feeding from his mouth to his intentines. "

Sounds like Chew to me with his heated 'suit'.

Sounds like Chew to me with his heated 'suit'.

That's it. It has to be! The man probably thought Chew's workshop was an elevator.

A frozen elevator???I think it just may have been cut...anybody with the script or story boards have any insight??

or.... it could be the guy that lets Deck and Gaff into Leons room if you look at his hes got a breathing apparatus strapped to his abdomen

BR12819 wrote:

could be the guy that lets Deck and Gaff into Leons room if you look at his hes got a breathing apparatus strapped to his abdomen

I agree. Just cant find the elevator.

or.... it could be the guy that lets Deck and Gaff into Leons room if you look at his hes got a breathing apparatus strapped to his abdomen

Oh yeah, forgot about him.