Just got back from seeing the worlds first screening of A Scanner Darkly

[WatchWhatISay]

Saw it at the Angelica Theater in Houston.

I love this movie and think it will get a lot of attention. Its done in that sort of animation you can see in a couple of TV commercials, where it looks like they started with real film and animated it. I was wondering if I'd get tired of watching animation, but this is different.

Anybody heard anything about it?

http://www.philipkdick.com/films_scanner-061204.html

http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wip/us/med/scanner_darkly/2.35/scanner_darkly_tlr1_300.asx

[wildhorses]

1. sounds good

I will be on the lookout for it...thanks for the heads up :)

[ghostsofgiants]

2. They shot it on digital video and animated it, actually

The director, Richard Linklater, used the same technique for his film Waking Life. They have a making of featurette thing on the dvd of taht film. I'm really stoked for A Scanner Darkly.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

3. I've been looking forward to this for a good while

Channel 4 did a documentary on Linklater last year & had a preview of the film and it looked great. The technique really worked well for the dream-like quality of "Waking Life" (which ends with a great monologue about Philip K Dick) & I'm curious to see how it transfers for a more straightforward film.

[Taverner]

4. God I can't wait

Looks excellent!

[melissinha]

5. boyfriend is doing tech support

he never told me that it was getting screened so soon.... I thought they were still working on it.

A LOT of work went into this movie, let em tell you.. I am interested to see how it turned out. Can you say that the "animation" helped further the plot????

[WatchWhatISay]

10. Yes, they said it still had some tech work to be done and

that we might notice, also some unfinished business with the soundtrack. But I am not tecnically astute enough to have noticed where.

And yes, I think that they animation definitely furthered the plot. Throughout the movie I kept noticing when the animation looked more and less like reality - I think different lighting makes a difference in this respect. I havent abused any substances (D or otherwise) in a very long time, but I could imagine that it could feel sort of like that.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

6. This is one of my favorite books

But I'm really worried about the casting of Keanu Reeves.

Shuddering just thinking about it...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Really? I actually think Keanu is scarily perfect for it.

Seriously, Bob Arctor is pretty much Keanu's only character - kinda quiet and brooding. Keanu might suck, but this is probably a good role for him.

[WatchWhatISay]

11. I don't pay that much attention to Hollywood personalities

so I'm not really in on why everyone I talk to seems to hate KR, but I will say that he did quiet and brooding real well.

[Taxloss]

7. Well, I've read the story.

I wasn't aware a film was being made. Sounds interesting.

[redqueen]

9. Oooh I'm glad to hear it's good.

I was worried they'd screw it up.

Thanks for the info! :hi:

[khashka]

12. The book freaked me out and I dread the movie

Did they get the increasing level of paranoia right?

(When AVH made me read it, I told her I wanted to take my brain out and scrub it clean - with a wire brush and bleach).

Dick was brilliant, I just don't believe movies can do him justice (they haven't yet). But I'll give it a try.

(I'd love to see VALIS filmed but don't believe anyone could do it well. "Why did my cat die?" "Because your cat was stupid")


Khash.