{"id":155,"date":"2006-07-16T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T00:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/16\/a-scanner-darkly\/"},"modified":"2006-08-18T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T23:11:12","slug":"a-scanner-darkly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/a-scanner-darkly\/","title":{"rendered":"A Scanner Darkly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"actor\"<\/a> \"Donna\"<\/a>
\nWent to see the film “A Scanner Darkly” today. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. Whoa. Great movie. I knew the movie was coming out this week, so I recently re-read the book; I found the movie to be really faithful to the book. \"Barris\"<\/a>
\n\"Luckman\"<\/a>
\nThe movie uses a neat type of animation, “rotoscoping”; it is shot live-action, and then “animated” over that. The effect is really neat – you can definitely tell the “live” actors underneath. It’s especially appropriate for this movie because the plot revolves around a set of people addicted to a (new) drug, called Substance D.
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\nKeanu Reaves plays Bob Arctor in the film; Arctor is an undercover cop, living with a couple of stoners. His girlfriend (Winona Ryder) is his dealer, and he’s basically trying to find out who her supplier is. The problem is Arctor is also taking Substance D (hey, he’s undercover and has to fit in), and it starts to affect his brain.<\/p>\n

It’s not an “action” movie – it’s got great dialog, and I found the pace just right. Robert Downey Jr. is over the top as Barris the pseudo-intellectual, and Woody Harrelson is hysterical as Luckman. The scenes involving conversations and interactions between Barris and Luckman are hilarious. But the movie is quite serious. Dick based a number of the characters in the book on the people\/friends made during his own drug-experimentation phase.<\/p>\n

Highly recommended. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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