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PKD himself wrote a semi-autobiographical story (“A Scanner Darkly”) about mental breakdown due to drug use. It’s a haunting book and the feeling it evokes has
by blamazon 5y ago
PKD himself wrote a semi-autobiographical story (“A Scanner Darkly”) about mental breakdown due to drug use. It’s a haunting book and the feeling it evokes has stuck with me since I read it about ten years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly
As with many PKD stories, it was turned into a film, which although I have not seen it, is technically notable for being entirely rotoscoped.
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- exciteabletom 5y agoThe rotoscoping in the film makes the film feel so surreal, it's like nothing I've ever seen before. Absolutely worth watching if you get the chance.
- krylon 5y agoSecond that, the movie is brilliant. The cast is brilliant, too. Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and I'm certain I'm forgetting a few more.
- tudorw 5y agosecond that, it's a piece of art soaked in tragedy, stay for the credits, they stayed with me...
- filoeleven 5y agoIt’s also notable for being nearly the only film to stay pretty faithful to the original story. Blade Runner being the other.