• Film ID:
  • 14029
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=96 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • America.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • English.
A SCANNER DARKLY (2005)
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Set in Orange County, California, in an age where America has lost its ‘war on drugs', a reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, the consequence of which is a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode and even your own motives become unclear. Scanner Darkly is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick and born of his own experiences. Like a graphic novel come to life, the film uses live action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping for those with the need to know) and the result is a haunting, highly stylized and intelligent vision of a possible near future.
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