A Scanner Darkly

[Alex]

A Scanner Darkly

I haven't heard a single thing about this until I stumbed onto it...

I think I need to see this.

[Shard]

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More info here:

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

[Magus]

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It looks good. Real good.

edit: And Keanu is just gold.

"Two hemispheres of my BRAIN... are COMPETING?"

[John Mora]

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We said some things about it last year. It's just been very quiet.

[josh]

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wasn't this supposed to come out two summers ago?

[Riotsword]

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This looks pretty cool. Love the rotoscoping, looks to be much better quality than Waking Life(which was also a good movie). Now that I think about it, didn't Richard Linklater direct Waking Life too?

[josh]

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he also directed the magnificent School of Rock.

[Riotsword]

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And Dazed and Confused.

[Kit Carruthers]

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Hey, the trailer had an M83 track in it. Almost makes up for Keanu.

But, yeah, I've been having it hyped at me for awhile. Looks like it should be good though.

[Perversion]

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And Dazed and Confused.

Yeah....and Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Slacker, SuBurbia, Tape, and, erm...The Newton Boys and The Bad News Bears. He is my favorite director. Thing is, I really can't stand Keanu Reeves. And so you know, this project was originally planned to be written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and directed by Chris Cunningham (known for videos by Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Bjork, and others)...this would truly have been something to see. But I'm just as happy (happier) that it's being done by Linklater. You know, he does discuss Philip K. Dick in an important scene near the end of Waking Life, so he evidently has some connection to the piece.

[Magus]

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HEY.

Glad someone mentioned all that. The Philip K. Dick scene of Waking Life is the best part of the movie. And Tape was a swell flick.

[Perversion]

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The Philip K. Dick scene of Waking Life is the best part of the movie.

It WAS a good scene, as it kind of tied the movie together, but for comedic purposes, the scene in the convenience store takes the cake.
And, yeah, Tape was good for what it was. However, of all his films, I'm still partial to Before Sunrise (with a close second going to Slacker, as that is the film that introduced me to Linklater's work).
I think that after this film gets released, Linklater is finally going to get the recognition he deserves (not counting Bad News Bears and School of Rock, as he was a director for hire on those projects). This makes me happy and sad at the same time. Happy, because he deserves it, and sad because I think the small following he has is going to be obliterated by the mass of people who are all of a sudden "big fans" of his work.