| | |  | GIFT SETS | Home » » A Scanner Darkly [Blu-ray] | | | | | | | Description: | | Set in a not-too-distant future where America has lost its "war" on drugs, Fred, an undercover cop, is one of many people hooked on the popular drug, Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred is obsessed with taking down Bob, a notorious drug dealer, but due to his Substance D addiction, he does not know that he is also Bob. Based on a classic novel by Philip K. Dick. Starring Keanu Reeves ("Constantine," "The Matrix" trilogy), Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Winona Ryder ("Girl, Interupted," "Mr. Deeds"), Academy Award and Emmy-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Robert Downey Jr. ("Good Night, And Good Luck" "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"), and Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee and Emmy-winner Woody Harrelson ("North Country," "The People vs. Larry Flynt"). Directed by Academy Award-nominee Richard Linklater ("Before Sunset," "Dazed and Confused"). Filmed in live-action, and then animated using the same critically acclaimed process that Linklater used in his previous film, "Waking Life." | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker | | Director:
| Richard Linklater | | Format:
| AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, French, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 100 minutes | | Blu-ray Release Date:
| April 10, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 163 reviews |
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 The horror...the horror....the horror.Jul 03, 2010
I'm a fan of Philip K. Dick, the same way I'm a fan of slowing down to look at a car accident. While I'd never want to be in one, I am curious to see the carnage. Toward the end of his life, Dick battled drugs and even claimed he was psychic. Yeah... so naturally Hollywood loves adapting his crazy books into movies...
The big plot device was the scramble suits that kept changing images - something the book artfully executed, but in the movie it was silly. Maybe it was the animation style that made the suit look goofy. Or maybe it was the 2-D nature of movie watching. Or the fact that it was a freaking cartoon... Whatever it was, it ruined the movie for me.
Instead of wasting more of my limited brain power describing why this movie sucked, I'll end with a this:
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
This movie would've made sense
If you had been sniff'n glue.
 Substantially paranoidApr 25, 2010
Dick filtered rather than filletted, and all the better for it.The illusion of rotoscoping layed over the delusional paranoid perceptions of it's main characters. Dick finally gets the treatment he deserves. A highly manufactured artefact: after filming it took 18 months to animate. The excellent acting shines through the well drawn craftsmanship.The surveillance society with the lubrication of paranoia fuelled the machine of Nixon's America, which Dick(whose home had been broken into and papers taken)was the subject of, often high on amphetamines. The loss of civil liberties can be updated to our own times to protect us from terrorism.
Truth becomes relative and multiperspectival. We see the collapse of identity and brain cells under the onslaught of substance D. This layered tapestry depicts the tragi-comedy of drug-fuelled psychosis, set subtly in the future. As with Carlos Casteneda's story it teaches us to hold firmly onto our objectivism less hands mouth teeth eyes mind go up in smoke. Do the scanners see into our hearts or into our heads Keanu Reaves' character asks. The unity of embodied intelligence is seen through a glass darkly and fractures into a million trips. Science fiction turned inwards was far more what Dick was about(forget Blade Runner, Total Recall & Minority Report). This film has far more in common with Gilliam's Fear & Loathing and Naked Lunch. See it on the big screen for the best effect. They've made films out of graphic comics and novels. Now a sci-fi novel has been transformed into a graphic animation. Welcome to the future.
Of course if you've read the book you will also realize that the Newpath project which manufactures and distributes the all-pervasive Substance-D are trying to destroy people's identities so they can manipulate the whole population. The film brings out how the police are not aware of the higher up honchos intentions, hence the use of the scramble suit to deceive one level of authority by another. At the end the sobered up Reeves' character is sublininally aware when he sees the blue flowers of substance D spread out in the rows of corn that what is truly happening is far beyond what anyone could ever believe. He saves a blue flower in his boot to show his friends.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great disc, sound the only (minor) letdownApr 15, 2010
It's only got Dolby Digital sound, but that's not a major issue. This disc is great all round. The picture looks fantastic, dreamy and very colourful. And of course, I love the film.
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Most Excellent Movie!!!!!Apr 09, 2010
I bought this movie a couple months ago and I have not watched it yet. I don't need to, I already know that it is awesome because it has Keanu Reeves. Keanu is an phenomenal driver, he won the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. In 2008 his performance in Street Kings earned him the Oscar for Best Actor. Keanu has always been very athletic. In college he was an all-american in both basketball and hockey. After college he was expected to be a top draft pick in the 1987 NBA Draft but he shocked everyone when he announced his plans to skip the NBA to become a famous actor.
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I felt like I was tripping balls...Apr 03, 2010
A Scanner Darkly was a great movie! Philip K Dick was a genius. If you're sick to your stomach, I wouldn't watch it until you're feeling better, because the effects can be a little disorienting. The plot is amazing, the acting was great, and the ending was killer. I know this movie is going to gain a cult following much like Army of Darkness or Clash of the Titans (1981). Just buy it and see for yourself!
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