A Scanner Darkly

Post by **4days** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:25 am

New trailer's out (or has been out for ages and i missed it):
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip/us/med/sc ... qt_700.mov

Roto-scoped film version of the book by Philip K Dick, directed by Richard Linklater.

Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.

See acting super-imposed onto keanu reeves' face!

Witness the return of a medley of hollywood bums!

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:33 am

wonder if they can cgi some expression on keanu's face

Post by **SplishSplash** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:05 pm

It looks so awesome I hope it won't give me a huge headache

Post by **netrex** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:52 pm

Thought it was about the Primal Scream tune first.

Looks lika an interesting movie.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:38 pm

that actually looks quite good. nice use of the smart blur, too

Post by **netrex** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:48 pm

riddla wrote:read up, the song was almost certainly named after the Philip K. Dick story

I did read up before I posted and found it. Still thought it was about that before I read up though.

Post by **Tsakali_** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:56 pm

wow for some reason I really don't like the vector graphix feel,
it just smells too much like a fad...hopefuly it will die off soon.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:44 pm

So is the movie basically about how the country went to shit because we lost the war on drugs?

Sorry, don't have time to watch the trailer right now at work, but the description piqued my curiosity.

Post by **Transient** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:14 pm

Does knowing about the split personality spoil the story?

It looks pretty cool, though. Reminds me of Waking Life.

Post by **Transient** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:14 pm

Tsakali_ wrote:wow for some reason I really don't like the vector graphix feel,
it just smells too much like a fad...hopefuly it will die off soon.

A fad? I know of only one other movie that does it. You got a list?

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:20 pm

perhaps not a fad, but a gimmick

Post by **Transient** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:22 pm

At least it's not as popular as, say, bullet time.

Hey, if it fits the theme of the movie, then it's fine in my book. Waking Life did a good job with it, and this movie might be able to, too.