A Scanner Darkly

what does a scanner see

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Film & Animation

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• clearly
• darkly
• murk

[MichaelLeroi]

i have always criticized keanu reeves as an actor stating that he can't pull off even one adequate performance and that anyone who likes him is stupid. when i got round to seeing 'A Scanner Darkly' i ate a dinner made of my own words followed by a big dessert of humble pie. he is INCREDIBLE in this film

[politeruin]

Yeah he really is great in this and it's mostly responsible for me warming to him more and more in recent years. I mean that detachedness he has through i suppose lack of range just works here and gets across the mind-fuck that D causes. It goes from him being bob to an empty shell too quickly but there are still such remarkably sad moments.

[jobby135]

Can someone dumb this down for me please?

[politeruin]

Which bit exactly? Do you mean the glass darkly stuff?

[jobby135]

Whats the whole meaning behind this movie? Whats the metephor or message that lies behind all of this?

"mattsbored:

Everything is structured around this"

[politeruin]

Oh god, err...anyone? I'll try.

Through a glass darkly is a shortened phrase in the New Testament and refers to a mirror and not a lense - a mirror that reflects an imperfect perception of reality, humans not having a clear perception of reality, to put it simply. A Scanner Darkly is a play on that phrase and the D that Bob takes has f**ked him up so much that he can no longer perceive his true self. He hopes the holo scanners have the clarity to do better.

That's probably highly inadequate.

[yuskjr]

this is one of my favourite reflective character speeches; Dr. Manhattan's reflections in Watchmen, Leonard's reflections in the Memento bed scene, & the brilliant lines of Vincent Freeman in Gattaca are but a few examples of dialogue so wonderfully composed, it's as if they are works of art themselves. this is definitely one of the best one's though; 5 stars to Phillip K. Dick for putting these words together in such amazing fashion.

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[zofspade]

@ClaytonOT No, his voice is higher in this clip. I watched this film recently and his voice is much lower in this scene.

[ClaytonOT]

@akathasamurai It's because he's speaking lightly, which most actors are supposed to avoid 99% of the time.

[akathasamurai]

Is this the actual audio? It doesn't sound like Keanu for some reason.

[breeeegs]

Nobody understood drug-induced schizophrenia like Philip K. Dick

[Allsop4]

man, he's just tripping out

[lordofbaraddur]

i see darkly

[Aeileo]

@politeruin That's kinda how I perceived it. I'm a little more of a simpleton but I saw it basically as he's lost himself in the craze of the drug addiction. And though he knows he's a good person he can't see how anymore and hopefully that the scanners can prove it to him. Because if no one else can see it then he is truly lost.

[breeeegs]

This is the only scene from this movie that really stayed with me. The dialogue is very powerful. As good as Reeves is, though, I think it is much more a testament to the brilliance of Phillip K. Dick than anything else

[alex1314159]

@MichaelLeroi when he plays that role, usually that of the anti hero, soe of his lines, the bitterness it feels so sincere like he can't just be acting, like those are his real emotions. 3.34 - 0.36 you can practically feel it