A Scanner Darkly

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Venganza Media, Inc.

Tv & Film, Film History, Tv & Film:film Reviews, Film Reviews, Film Interviews

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2011

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Keanu has never been so animated A Scanner Darkly brings Philip K. Dick’s semi-autobiographical novel to the screen in rotoscope animation, with Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice), Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers), and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) drifting through a near-future Southern California soaked in surveillance and Substance D. Directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), the film blurs reality and hallucination as an undercover cop begins to lose his identity while spying on his own friends. The shifting, animated visuals mirror the characters’ fractured minds, turning addiction and paranoia into something both intimate and unsettling. Does this stylized adaptation capture the tragic heart of Dick’s story, or do the psychedelic visuals overwhelm the substance beneath? The Now Playing hosts tune in to decide whether A Scanner Darkly offers clarity or just one long, bad trip. {Philip K. Dick Series}

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0:00.0	Do you mind if I smoke?
0:02.0	It won't affect the test.
0:07.0	All right, I'm going to ask you a series of questions.
0:10.0	Just relax and answer them as simply as you can.
0:13.0	You've got a little boy.
0:15.0	He shows you his butterfly collection, including the killing jar.
0:19.0	I'd take him to the doctor.
0:21.0	You're listening to a podcast.
0:23.0	Suddenly you realize there's a wasp crawling on your arm.
0:26.0	Which podcast?
0:27.0	It doesn't matter.
0:28.0	Just answer the questions, please.
0:30.0	Which podcast?
0:31.0	Now playing, the movie review podcast hosted by Stuart Jacob and Brock.
0:36.0	The movie series being reviewed as the Philip K. Dick series
0:39.0	with such classic films as Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report.
0:44.0	I go to nowplayingpodcast.com every Friday to download a new episode of the series.
0:49.0	You hear a warning that these podcasts will be full of spoilers.
0:53.0	I hit pause, watch the movie, and then listen to the podcast.
0:57.0	You're reading a magazine.
0:59.0	You come across a full-page photo of a naked woman.
1:02.0	Shhh, with the questions, the podcast is starting.
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