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I just watched the trailer for A Scanner Darkly, and it looks incredible. Perhaps Philip K. Dick's greatest book, and they made a movie. I've started a couple threads about this, but they didn't seem to get much interest, beyond the usual suspects. Perhaps this trailer will pique some interest. Any doubts I had about the animation are gone. It looks great.
I also recently read that Charlie Kaufman had written a script for A Scanner Darkly. Wow! Could you imagine what that would have been like? In any case, Linklater took up the project, and I guess he decided to write his own script. I don't mind, because Linklater is also a fantastic writer and director.
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Wow! I like that! This book's not my favorite Ph.K.Dick novel, but it's a darn good one, and the trailer looks awesome. Posts: 4519 | Registered: Sep 2003
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That's quite the lack of interest. I figure this deserves at least one bump, then I'll let it die.
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Dude, it was worth closing the Army ad and sitting through the Bacardi and coke commercial. I'm excited.
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Thanks for the bump, otherwise I would've missed it.
I read part of Charlie Kaufman's script a while back. And while I love Linklater and everything he does, could you just imagine Charlie Kaufman's Scanner Darkly being brought to life? I think a Linklater/Kaufman pairing would've been amazing.
As a side note, I've also always wanted to see Kaufman and Fincher work together on something.
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Fincher's direction in movies like Seven and Fight Club would fit perfectly with a Charlie Kaufman script, I think. I haven't had time to read Kaufman's script for Scanner yet, but it's on my list of things to do.
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Apparently the release date has been delayed, and it won't be coming out until March of 2006. Linkage. I'm pretty disappointed, but hopefully it's for a good reason.
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Thanks for the link! Looked more like storyboard than clips, but the sound was okay. Looks like they'll be pretty faithful (I've already read the script).
Hmmm.... I wonder how long it will be before we have a Fred alt posting here?
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