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This reminds me of the story from A Scanner Darkly. One of the characters tells a story about a con artist who was pretending to be a famous con artist. His who
by Dig1t 4y ago
This reminds me of the story from A Scanner Darkly. One of the characters tells a story about a con artist who was pretending to be a famous con artist. His whole shtick was going around to talk shows recounting how he had played all these outlandish characters and conned people out of all kinds of money, in the end the only character he ever played was that of a con artist.
Maybe that story was based on the Catch Me If you Can guy, but I think possibly not because A Scanner Darkly came out before that movie.
- allenu 4y agoApparently the autobiography the movie is based on came out in 1980, so it's totally possible they were referencing Abagnale.
- htag 4y agoThe novel A Scanner Darkly was published in 1977, so while it might have been referencing Abagnale it wasn't referencing the autobiography. Social identity being exaggeratedly fluid is a reoccurring theme in PKD's writing, so the topic fits.
- calderknight 4y agoWas the discussion in the book? I don't recall it.
- jhbadger 4y agoI don't think it is. I remember looking for it in my ebook version when this connection was asked in a previous HN discussion and not finding it. I think it is unique to the movie, even if the idea does have some thematic connections to PKD's ideas. Rumors about Abagnale were circulating long before the movie so it is possible that Linklater was referencing him.
- 2-718-281-828 4y agosounds like a generic idea. also why would dick or linklater have had any knowledge about abagnale being a fake con man?
- ender341341 4y agoIt wasn't particularly insider info, he's been called out as a fake for a long time, even before the movie.