A Scanner Darkly

john23

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I saw this movie last week. I wanted to mention it because IMO its the most faithful to Phil Dick's vision of all the movie adaptations done of his novels.

The rotoscoping was a particularly brilliant idea (cross between live action and cartoon). Only drawback was Winona Ryder naked just isn't the same ... :(

But Winona Ryder naked? Woohoo!

Why is the rotoscoping a brilliant idea? Because the whole point of the book is that you can get to a space such that you don't know whether you are participating in reality or not - and that fundamentally there is nothing you can do about that in general. Also, it makes possible some of the weird effects in the film which would have been much more difficult to do otherwise.

I won't go into the plot details etc as they've been adequately covered in the press.

Anyone else see it???
 

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greggy said:
no, haven't seen it yet.
I always thought i'd like to Ryder.
But what are you saying, she's cartoon naked?
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Yep, but its a pretty good rendition I think. They are definitely holding up with age :) Actually the scene is quite interesting when it happens too. It isn't gratuitous.

Interesting seeing her play one of Dick's "ice bitches" - who turns out after all to be compassionate towards the protagonist (played by Reeves) at the end was a pretty interesting turn for her I thought.

PS if you aren't familiar with the book, its a great story...
 
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