A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award-winning 1977 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future of June 1994, and includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use (both recreational and abusive). The novel is one of Dick's best-known works and served as the basis for a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.
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| - A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award-winning 1977 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future of June 1994, and includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use (both recreational and abusive). The novel is one of Dick's best-known works and served as the basis for a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.
- Surreal but stirring, Richard Linklater's adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story is well told and well made.
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) is a feature-length film directed by Richard Linklater that is an adaptation of the book A Scanner Darkly written by Philip Dick. The film is Linklater's second attempt at an irregular form of animation known as rotoscoping. This form of animation allows the film to be shot in live-action and then to be repainted frame-by-frame with a computer program known as Rotoshop. The entire animation process of the film took fifteen months while the live-action filming only took six weeks.
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| - A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award-winning 1977 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future of June 1994, and includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use (both recreational and abusive). The novel is one of Dick's best-known works and served as the basis for a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) is a feature-length film directed by Richard Linklater that is an adaptation of the book A Scanner Darkly written by Philip Dick. The film is Linklater's second attempt at an irregular form of animation known as rotoscoping. This form of animation allows the film to be shot in live-action and then to be repainted frame-by-frame with a computer program known as Rotoshop. The entire animation process of the film took fifteen months while the live-action filming only took six weeks. Based in the year 2013, the United States loses the "war on drugs". Substance D, a drug that that is both extremely addictive and illegal has taken the nation by storm. The government responds by developing a system to stop the drug, mainly by sending undercover agents into the drug world. The film,set in Anaheim, California, follows Bob Arctor (Keaanu Reeves), an undercover agent whom is assigned to enter himself into the underground world of drug trafficking. Bob attempts to penetrate the supply side for the drug as a means to help the government stop its widespread use. However, he and his roommates are heavy users of the drug which causes many of the conversations throughout the film to seem abnormal due to their being drug-induced. As the film progresses Bob's obvious inability to realize the difference between his job and his drug use causes him to become unable to work properly.
- Surreal but stirring, Richard Linklater's adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story is well told and well made.
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