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A Scanner Darkly Film Preview
Jason K writes "Hi, webmaster of PhilipKDick.com here. Thought that the Slashdot community might like to see this exclusive report that was just added to the official Philip K. Dick web site by his daughters about the 'A Scanner Darkly' film production. The film production of A Scanner Darkly is based on the classic PKD drug novel of the same name. It is directed by Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, School of Rock) and stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson. Linklater is using a more sophisticated version of the 'rotoscoping' animation technique that he debuted in 'Waking Life'. This is shaping up to be the most faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel or story to date." Waking Life was a little odd.
I hope this will be a good movie because we still have to forget he even did Matrix 2 and 3...
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A drug novel adaptation... staring Keanu Reaves... directed by the same man who did Dazed and Confused...
Am I the only who thinks that this is overkill for the desired effect?
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
as the burnout in the rehab camp, so Woody must play the agent in the earlier scenes, and they use some some computer effects to make them look alike.
and stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson.
This is going to be the most untintelligible movie ever. No doubt. No question. Nobody's going to know what the hell is going on in the movie, especially not the cast.
Robert, I hope you don't take another stab at rehab. You'll just get disgruntled...
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How can this not be good?
The huge movie, UBIK, is coming out next weekend. Hello? Directed by Sam Raimi? Starring Tobey Maguire? And what about the epic trilogy finale coming out next year directed by George Lucas? As the final in the VALIS trilogy, I just hope Lucas doesn't screw it up with all his digital effects. The last two have been amazing, but I'm not sure how PKD would've taken to all the effects Lucas is throwing in there.
It all started when Steven Spielberg launched his own career by filming The Man in the High Castle back in the early 80s. Of course, Ridley's Scott *strict* adherence to PKD's book for the movie, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep helped make PKD the ideal movie source.
PKD is so respected that no one in the film industry would even dare making a subpar movie. Haha - imagine if John Woo got a hold of one of his stories! Geez! I mean, we're running OUT of PKD stuff to make movies out of! You have to be bigtime to be able to film what's left of the "modern kafka" that hasn't already been filmed! Are you guys cra..
Oh, wait. Wait a minute. IMDB only shows a few crappy renditions of PKD movies! WTF!?! WTF is "BLADE RUNNER"?!?? What the hell kind of parallel universe am I in that doesn't make brilliant movies out of PKD writings!!?! And who are these men - CmdrTaco!?! Arresting me for saying too much!? Slashdot controls everything? I don't understand!?.////don't listen to the...
Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson
They actually agreed to be in a movie about drugs together? Hollywood never ceases to make me laugh. Hopefully this won't be as bad as a Tom Cruise movie.
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Nice post. Had to read it 4 or 5 times to pick it all up.
I'm changing my sig...
I agree. Also, Ubik had to be a lot more action-oriented to be made into the Matrix (especially so that the filemakers would have plenty of opportunity to use their new camera tricks) and Time Out of Joint had to come off the Cold War undertones to make a viable Truman Show.
yeah, 700 pages. bullshit. the fucking font is size 50. if you used the same font they use in that shitty series of books on dick and jane shave and fuck the dog, that book would be 700 pages too. you sons of bitches, grow up and read some fucking adult literature.
Fear and Loathing in Keanu and Woody's Excellant Adventure.
Yeah that fuckin jerk ripped off a friend of mine to the tune of a half-elbow of Mexican regs. I'ma punch that fool if I see him around Einstein's or Spider House. Bitch. You think a 'movie star' could afford to pay for his shit, yo.
Can the rumor be true that _no one_ in Hollywood truly gets Dick?
Waking Life wasn't so odd. I think the phrase you want is obnoxiously trite.
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Pardon! I've never seen it, but now that you reminded me . . .oh yeah. =)
You probably already know that Dick was huge in France before he really became popular in the U.S. I think this was because the French, especially the French intelectuals, really enjoyed the thrust of Dick. Well, whatever the reason, those French just really love Dick.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.