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Production Notes Tagline: 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. Read More

Production Information Philip K. Dick has slowly but steadily become a cultural icon with his works of mind-bending fiction. His first novel debuted in 1955, and ever since, his cumulative works have sold roughly 20 million copies and been translated to 25 different languages. Austin City Limits Linklater fine tuned the script during two weeks of rehearsals with the cast in Austin, Texas before principal photography began. “Richard really informed the final script with what we did during rehearsals,” says Reeves. “The characters were allowed to develop, and eventually became a fusion of the character in the novel, Richard’s adaptation, and what we as actors brought to it. It was great to work like that because you’re participating in it.” The Animation Process “A Scanner Darkly” was shot, locked and edited, just like a normal live-action film. After transferring to the animators via Quicktime, “We bring it into the world of animation,” says Tommy Pallotta, “and make the same movie twice.” The ‘second movie,’ which gives the hard reality of the first a trippy, pop art twist, was created by a 15-month long computer animation process designed to paint reality, not mimic it. The “painterly” process of interpolated- rotoscoping allows animators to paint over live action DV footage in ways similar to putting brush strokes on paper or canvas.

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