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Post #226897

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THX
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A Scanner Darkly - First 24 minutes
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Date created
17-Jul-2006, 5:25 PM
Originally posted by: none
THX: Cinematically i'm not sure what issue you forcusing on which was lacking from this presentation. It's not a blade runner-esc future we're talking about. These are basic schlubs on the burbs doing they're thing.
If you read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," I think you'll see what I mean. That's not a Bladerunneresque future either, but the film brought out Dick's ideas better than a faithful adaptation would have. Dick's novels usually have many levels, he starts with a small story and then just when you're getting comfortable with it, he steps out into a bigger one. This movie just got stuck at the first level.