Like most of the works by Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly has a very complicated under layer behind what the viewer immediately sees. The method used to bring this particular Dick vision to life ...

Without its animation, "A Scanner Darkly" would have made a fine cautionary tale about drug addiction, paranoia and institutional treachery in a foundering police state. But with a technique that ...

A Scanner Darkly 2006, R, 100 min. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane. REVIEWED By ...

Filmed in the same computer-animation style as Linklater’s charming “Waking Life” (2001), “A Scanner Darkly” was shot first as a live-action feature, then transformed over a 15-month ...

A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reeves as Bob Arctor, a drug-enforcement detective who has become addicted to Substance D, the very drug he's supposed to crack down on. R, 100 mins., 2006. Closed ...

The book "A Scanner Darkly" was reportedly based on Dick's own confused experiences, living in Marin County and struggling with drug addiction. The movie has a few bad side effects, ...

A Scanner Darkly is based on a Philip K. Dick novel, ... Forget Superman Returns—this mind-altering fusion of image and word is the real cinematic comic book of the summer. —Jason Powell.

NYCC '06: A Scanner Darkly--the First 30 Minutes Comic-Con attendees are treated to a sneak peek at the upcoming Philip K. Dick adaptation. Go to enough comic book conventions and you are likely ...

"What does a scanner see?" a character muses toward the end of "A Scanner Darkly." Whatever the answer is, audiences may find there's less than meets the eye in Richard Linklater's adaptation of ...