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Mood:
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- Split PersonalityDrug AbuseFuture DystopiaWorking UndercoverCrimesDishonestyLife is a BitchMind and Soul more...
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- AnimationDramaSci-FiThrillerNeo NoirPostmodernism
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- Future
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- CaliforniaUrban
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- Original
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- Twists and TurnsSurreal
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- Based on Book
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A Scanner Darkly, 2006
English
USA
Profile of A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly can be described as offbeat, stylized, and mind bending. The plot revolves around a character with a split personality, drug abuse, and working undercover. The main genres are drama, thriller, and animation. In terms of style, A Scanner Darkly is postmodernist, is neo-noir, and is surreal. In approach, it is serious. It is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. A Scanner Darkly is located in California. It takes place in the future. Visually, it involves digital video effects. A Scanner Darkly is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being original. Note that it involves mild violent content, drugs/alcohol, and sexual content.
Summary of A Scanner Darkly
Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel is a challenging, mind-bending experience that cautions about the dangers of excessive drug use as well as the government's capacity to abuse and manipulate power. Using the same interpolated rotoscoping technique that Linklater employed in 2001's WAKING LIFE, the film is an animated, trippy descent into one man's unraveling mind. Set in the not-too-distant future where a new drug, substance D, has created an epidemic, A SCANNER DARKLY charts the mental unraveling of Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves). Arctor is an undercover cop who has been assigned to track a group of individuals who include the druggily verbose Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), the hyper-intense Luckman (Woody Harrelson), the ultra-paranoid Freck (Rory Cochrane), and the beautiful Donna (Winona Ryder). As the film unfolds and Arctor finds himself abusing substance D in order to maintain his façade, his mind begins to spin out of control, to the point where he doesn't know what's real and what isn't. Eventually, the truth comes out, leaving Arctor even more numbed. Linklater's surprisingly faithful adaptation of Dick's novel blends humor, drama, and Bob Sabiston's striking animation to deliver a thought-provoking film that will leave viewers as dazed as the film's protagonist.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 7 July 2006 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
Cast and Crew
as Bob Arctor
as James Barris
as Ernie Luckman
as Donna Hawthorne
as Charles Freck
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Los Angeles Times
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- by: Carina Chocano
Washington Post
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- by: Desson Thomson
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- 02.July.2009
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- by: Michael Cain
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