Dave Hackman
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Title: A Scanner Darkly
Tagline: Everything is not going to be OK
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker, Steven Chester Prince, Natasha Valdez, Angela Rawna, Chamblee Ferguson, Melody Chase, Turk Pipkin, Dameon Clarke, Jason Douglas, Marco Perella, Alex Jones, Wilbur Penn, Ken Webster
Release: 2006-07-07
Runtime: 100
Plot: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.This movie is a trip. Substance D is a highly addictive drug derived from a small blue plant. The government is cracking down on local users hoping to bring in a big fish.
Keanu Reeves plays Bob Arctor an undercover agent assigned to scan through a bunch of recorded video on a group of suspected users. This group just happens to be Bob’s roommates who share a house with him.
Arctor and his boss don’t really know who each other are because every time they meet they are both wearing scramble suits. This suit hides their identity by shifting between approximately a million and a half fraction representations of men, women and children.
I enjoyed listening to this film. The dialog between the paranoid friends is worth the price of admission alone. Robert Downey Jr. is hilarious as he breaks down his characters paranoia to new levels of ridiculousness. Woody Harrelson plays the part of a clueless junky wonderfully and his bantering back and forth with Downey is quite entertaining. This would be a good movie just to listen to in a car while driving without any visuals.
The interpolated rotoscoping technique makes the actor’s look like weird 3d cartoon characters. I liked this look because it complements the drug-induced story without overpowering it.
This dialog driven movie focuses on its absurd characters that are all on drugs. There are no flying space ships and no interplanetary missions. The overall story is good but it’s not for everyone and definitely not recommended for family viewing.
I look forward to adding this to my movie collection.
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Keanu Reeves plays Bob Arctor an undercover agent assigned to scan through a bunch of recorded video on a group of suspected users. This group just happens to be Bob’s roommates who share a house with him.
Arctor and his boss don’t really know who each other are because every time they meet they are both wearing scramble suits. This suit hides their identity by shifting between approximately a million and a half fraction representations of men, women and children.
I enjoyed listening to this film. The dialog between the paranoid friends is worth the price of admission alone. Robert Downey Jr. is hilarious as he breaks down his characters paranoia to new levels of ridiculousness. Woody Harrelson plays the part of a clueless junky wonderfully and his bantering back and forth with Downey is quite entertaining. This would be a good movie just to listen to in a car while driving without any visuals.
The interpolated rotoscoping technique makes the actor’s look like weird 3d cartoon characters. I liked this look because it complements the drug-induced story without overpowering it.
This dialog driven movie focuses on its absurd characters that are all on drugs. There are no flying space ships and no interplanetary missions. The overall story is good but it’s not for everyone and definitely not recommended for family viewing.
I look forward to adding this to my movie collection.
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