A scanner darkly - Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Junior, Woody Harrelson, Richard Linklater
Threat advisory: Under evaluation
Movie propaganda
Everything is not going to be ok.
A scanner darkly is set in suburban Orange County, California, in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. When one reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode. It is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick and his own experiences.
Like a graphic novel come to life, A scanner darkly will use live-action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylised vision of the future. The technology, first employed in Richard Linklater's 2001 film Waking life, has evolved to produce even more emotional impact and detail
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film science fiction police undercover drugs animation Richard Linklater Philip K Dick
Persons of interest
- Keanu Reeves .... Fred/Bob Arctor
- Mitch Baker .... Brown Bear Lodge Host
- Casey Chapman .... Girl at Scanning Station
- Melody Chase .... Arctor's Wife
- Dameon Clarke .... Mike
- Rory Cochrane .... Freck
- Robert Downey Junior .... Barris
- Woody Harrelson .... Luckman
- Marco Perella .... Donald
- Winona Ryder .... Donna
- Philip K Dick .... Author
- Richard Linklater .... Screenwriter
- Richard Linklater .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
M (Moderate drug themes, moderate coarse language, moderate sexual references)
Surveillance time
100 minutes (1:40 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 30 November 2006
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