Scrivener Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Caught this over the weekend. Unfortunately it seems to be on Limited Release, so it wasn't playing at my usual theatre. It's sort of a bummer since the sound system in the place I saw it was crap, no bass whatsoever (sort of ruins the great beat the soundtrack has). Despite that small technicality, which is no fault of the film, A Scanner Darkly is one really weird ass movie. It's light scifi with a drug trip twist. Think: Requiem for a Dream, only without feeling dirty and depressed afterward. What's best is that it really seems like every scene is pointless until the end, and then it all starts coming together as you realize you've been paying attention to the wrong details (just like the drugged out characters in the movie). It's really very excellent storytelling. The art style actually works for this one too, unlike Waking Life, which can induce both sleep and vomitting (sometimes simultaneously). A great movie that both entertains and makes you think. If it's playing nearby, I'd highly recommend catching a show. 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 [raises hand] Does the movie in anyway explain the really stupid title? Don't know what it is but it seems so contrived in an effort to pique interest or be 'hip', but I find it very irritating. Why not call it A Trashcan Smartly or A Pencil Swiftly or A Movie Stinky? Please help me here, I'm afraid I might kill someone over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruis.In Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 they wanted a cool weird name to catch attention. since the movie is so bad, they thought at least they can get curious onlookers with the weirdo name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Thanks Cruis.In, I needed that. Snakes on a Plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aramike Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Wannabe post-modernism invades movies. Word is that they actually did have a better title but Winona Ryder stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrivener Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I'm not totally sure what the title means. I think it's something from the short story that didn't actually make the film. Or maybe it's just the name of the poem that Keanu says as his brain melts. It's a drug movie, so I try not to think about it too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBriskin Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Actually, it was based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, and even though I have read it at least twice, I am not excactly sure what 'A Scanner Darkly' means. Looks like it's time to reread the novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 With a name like that, no wonder nobody is watching it. I never read the novel and the name alone didn't stir my loins enough to make me run out and see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Trotter Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 SC for God's sake leave your loin out of this! I will see this as Phillip K Dick is one of the best least heard of writers in the Genre. Movies made from his stories usually are pretty good (Blade Runner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aramike Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Never use Derek's loins and a guy named "Dick" in the same post again. Creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Does this mean the new method of ratings around here will be x/10 on the Loinometer scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Grizzle: Does this mean the new method of ratings around here will be x/10 on the Loinometer scale? I hope not. Means I'll have to invest in one of them loincloths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane_Marlowe Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 ontopic: "A Scanner Darkly" is the title to Philip K. Dick's book, and is an updated reference to the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:12. "For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then shall I know, even as also I am known." Paul's referring to the next world, but Dick's novel is about a deep cover narcotics cop and what he "sees" in the course of his work. I've read the book, and I'll be interested to see if the movie is as smart. Don't judge a book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 LMAO!!!! You guys are sick. Just sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Wow, they yanked this one after only two weeks of screening? I can't find it anywhere here anymore. Was it that bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Lindsey Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 I went to E-Bay and bought a Digital Press Kit ; whatever that is. Hopefully it's the movie. Perhpas a "making of". Maybe only the clips I've seen in new stories. Will be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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