PHILIP K. DICK DOCUMENTARY PART 5 OF 9

"The Penultimate Truth about Philip K. Dick"

In 2007 I produced this documentary about the mystical experiences of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. Philip K. Dick is considered by many to be one the world's greatest science fiction writers ever; as a sufferer from mental illness himself he had the ability to turn his hallucinations about the universe into an extraordinary writing career. During his lifetime, Dick produced an astonishing amount of prize winning novels and short stories, which were translated into more than 25 languages. Three of his literary works were transformed into blockbuster movies: Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall. Several years before his death, Philip started having mystical experiences that affected his everyday life. As a result, he started to wonder if what he had imagined for his stories was real and if life was just an illusion or the creation of each person's subjectivity. This in-depth program explores Philip K. Dick`s world, a universe full of mysteries and intrigues.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Philip
• K.
• Dick
• Science
• Fiction
• Writer
• Blade
• Runner
• Minority
• Report
• Total
• Recall
• Documentary
• Penultimate
• Truth

[dwaynedibbly]

That guy whos his 'ex exucutor' sitting hunched in a dark room in that chair is in POOR shape! Whats up with the guy?

[baruyero]

Paul Williams is an absolute genius. He wrote great books on Philip Dick and Bob Dylan. A great rock journalist. I suggest you look for information about him, a very very interesting man.

[Nataraja13]

reality is a fallacy. everyone interprets the world through their own "reality tunnels"....which is simply the information our neurological systems are able to interpret from the "real world".

cheers brethren....pass it along.

[timone1002]

@daboognish88 reality is a definite term, and since it only exists through a conscious perciever and can be interpreted in many ways and is experienced in many ways, than reality is indefinite and therefore there is no such thing as reality, other than the reality that nothing is definite. so there is and there is not such thing as reality... simutaneuosly, the true nature of reality trancends description because desciption attempts to make definite (or define) the indefinite.

[daboognish88]

@trisky1234 Thank you! precisely what i was thinking.

[daboognish88]

Just because we all experience reality in a different way doesnt mean there is no reality. 

[pmcmanus420]

@dwaynedibbly Williams has a degenerative neurological disorder.

[650monza]

@sagan1976 I'm curious about that too. "Galactic Pot Healer" was one of his novels. I read it many years ago - must read it again.

[nephildevil]

@Nataraja13 exactly!

[sagan1976]

I'd like to know what's up with PKD and pottery. I found the connection in VALIS between him and his sister, i understand his view on reality and how we perceive it and change/are changed by it. But the pottery theme leaves me confused.

[trisky1234]

@Nataraja13 that doesn't mean reality is a fallacy, just that our interpretation is subjective and that we are not all-knowing..

[pathoplastic2]

@dwaynedibbly

Yes, it's the great journalist/writer & PKD champion Paul Williams...He was hit by a bicycle in 1995 and suffered a traumatic brain injury...so sad...prayers to him and his family.

[snakespot]

was this the same Paul Williams who wrote for the Monkees and appeared in the orginal Planet of the Apes movies?