Review of A Scanner Darkly (2006) by Christopher A — 03 Feb 2011
A Scanner Darkly takes you down the rabbit hole, spins you around 5 times while asking you 20 questions.
20% of the Worlds population are addicted to the fictional drug, Substance D and we follow a group of addicts as the drug begins to slowly destroy their minds.
Fully animated, we get a surreal picture of the world through a Substance D user and the continual blurring of the line between what is real and what is not. Animation has never been so cool.
A Scanner Darkly will leave you feeling confused and trippy but most of all the poignancy of the dedication of those lost or permantly damaged by drugs will make you saddended for the lives truly effected by drug addiction.
"D... Substance D. "D" is dumbness, and despair, desertion-desertion of you from your friends, your friends from you, everyone from everyone. Isolation and loneliness... and hating and suspecting each other, "D" is finally death. Slow death from the head down. Well... that's it. ".
This review of A Scanner Darkly (2006) was written by Christopher A on 03 Feb 2011.
A Scanner Darkly has generally received positive reviews.
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