What wears him down, and leads him to self-medicate to a catastrophic degree, is an excess of data, an inability to glean what is useful from oceans and mountains of insignificant information. As Fred spies on Bob Arctor, watching countless hours of surveillance tape, his psychic wear from drug use is magnified by the mundanity of what he’s seeing: a troupe of addicts doing and talking about nonsensical things that don’t matter. Chief among these is the use of surveillance, not as a tool to catch those who have offended, but in a preventative way, for aims that are open-ended or without an obvious goal. It’s interesting to consider that time period compared to the present, in that many ideas whose seeds were sown then have now blossomed into the fabric of our daily lives. ![]() Like digital video formats such as MiniDV, the rotoscope look nails the film to this time period. It would be hard to live up to using more modern techniques. I thought rotoscoping was pretty much an ideal way to represent the suit, elegantly capturing its essential look as described and giving it a sheen that retains some distance between our world and the world of the film. Take the example of the scramble suit, a brilliant idea and major plot device in both works, allowing its wearer to appear to the outside world as a blur of constantly shifting identities. Watching in 2019, Scanner the film manages to look somewhat dated and also totally appropriate to its time and milieu. Most reviewers note the film’s distinctive interpolated rotoscoping technique, which Linklater had used in 2001’s Waking Life. In terms of story, this is almost an understatement it follows the book almost exactly. I’m avoiding plot explanation here, and I highly recommend both watching the film and reading the book if you haven’t already.Īmong those who have read the book, Linklater’s film, which was released in 2006, is frequently described as a “faithful” adaptation. Rewatching the film was a wildly thought-provoking experience, and this post is intended to meander through a few of my reactions. ![]() The screening is part of our second season of Science On Screen, is free and open to the public, and will be followed by an engaging talk by Alison Gaye about harm reduction. We’re thrilled to be screening Richard Linklater’s film adaptation of Philip K.
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