A Scanner Darkly
Animation • 2006 • 1 hr 40 min
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Amazing visuals and storytelling. A metaphor that doesn’t seem like one.
Love the rotoscoped style, love the cast, very underrated and forgotten movie, probably not what you're expecting
Great animation, acting and story, weird but good, really something you haven't seen, original
The unique visual style and intriguing story is worth the watch and the background behind the author is also worth looking into.
Delivers on the weird oniric aesthetic of the source material. Very-well made, you don't need to have read the story to follow.
Actually freaky shit. Every Linklater is better on a rewatch.
one of the most accurate portrayals of drug use and addiction I've seen in film, good story, great cast, and super trippy animation.
Really good supporting cast. And that lonely PKD vibe - totally nails it.
"I've got a lot of problems nobody else has" is one of the most underrated lines in cinema.
Cyberpunk meditation on drugs. I love this movie!
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