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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
description written by member Tim:
In the not to distant version of L.A., a cop named Bob Arctor is chasing a powerful drug called "D" which is a brain damaging substance taking over the drug community.
| Release Date: | July 7th, 2006 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
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$5,501,616 (US)
$7,659,654 (World) |
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| A Scanner Darkly Movie Review by Javi (2/19/2007) |
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No, I'm not talking about the rotoscoping. One of the basic principles in animation is over-exaggeration. This is how this whole movie plays out.
First of all, about that rotoscoping. What is the point? Aside from the initial scene where Rory Chocrane's character is hallucinating bugs, his forays into his and other's...
(complete A Scanner Darkly review by Javi)
| A Scanner Darkly Movie Review by Misty (2/1/2007) |
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Yes, it's a confusing flick. Yes, you have to sit still and pay attention to even remotely try to understand what the heck's going on in this one. Is it even worth watching if it's so darn confusing? I say yes!
This was the first movie I've seen with this interpolated rotoscoping technology and I thought it was very...
(complete A Scanner Darkly review by Misty)
| A Scanner Darkly Movie Review by Mitch (11/6/2006) |
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Set seven years in the future, Bob Arctor/Fred (Keanu Reeves) is an undercover agent for the Orange County Sheriffs Dept. He is supposed to work his way up the drug dealer food chain and get close to the higher ups. In the process he gets addicted to Substance D and his mind starts to compete with itself, don't ask me, I'm...
(complete A Scanner Darkly review by Mitch)
| A Scanner Darkly Movie Review by Jenny (11/6/2006) |
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When it all comes down to it, this is a very very dark film about drug addiction. Mainly, the fictional drug, Substance D, which causes the user's brain to separate and form two identities. The main character, Keanu Reeves (obviously, though I still don't understand why he keeps getting cast in films at all), is a drug...
(complete A Scanner Darkly review by Jenny)
| A Scanner Darkly Movie Review by Jen (8/4/2006) |
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A Scanner Darkly is one of the most visually stunning movies I've seen this year. Linklater and the animation team opted for a surreal style of digital modeling which so closely walks the line between live action and animation while still having a surreal quality in the motion and coloration of the movie.
But more than...
(complete A Scanner Darkly review by Jen)
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