A Scanner Darkly

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A Scanner Darkly

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An interesting film about a drug-dominated society and the nature of personal surveillance and a double cross of an undercover agent. Keanu Reeves stars.

Very odd because the actors and scenes are all overlaid by animation, so it's effectively a live cartoon. This sort of technique has been used before, for example in the animated version of The Lord of the Rings, but here the effect is more like a pen and ink colour drawing.

Visually compelling and it kept my attention throughout.

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philip k dick strikes again. i wonder how he would perceive the raft of films based on his work considering he was so criminally ignored during his own lifetime.
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