Nov 04, 2006 03:30 PM
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I simply put this one of the more Philosophical,metamorphic,and provoking thrillers and not to mention the coolest part-animated films put on screen. A Scanner Darkly, a film adaptation of one of the most beloved sci/fi short story writers. Reportedly based on his own real life experience,Philip K.Dick is a visionary short story writer where the story's main focus has always been the importance of being human. It is a future where America has lost the war on drugs and that every one ,almost, even cops have started taking drugs.
A famous substance D is being popular among citizens of suburbia and it is almost unstoppable.An undercover cop Bob Arctor(Reeves),is assigned a task to take down couple of his friends who are using that drug. Soon, he is in a strange world where he can't tell the difference between the real and the surreal,he doesn't know who to believe and whom not to. This also leads him to his split personality. It's designed that way.I mean ,honestly, I believe that our society in the future will be grim and dark. We will be and are living in a dystopic future.
Everything around us is getting aggressively worse and we can do nothing about it. Everything around us is surrounded by computers with highly advanced technology. Everyone fears someone. No one can be trusted,there's no one to believe .Everyone's addicted , everyone is two faced.And that's what makes this film so complex. What is the real world? Funny how we never actually look at life this way. Go check it out.