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One of my favorite books is now a movie, and things do not look good….
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An adaptation of A Scanner Darkly will soon be in a theater near you, raping the legacy of this great book.
I can’t even think straight on this for all of the warning flags beating me about the head. First off, two words: Richard Linklater.
A comparable (and free) experience to sitting through a Richard Linklater film would be to simply endure some pretentious, contrived dialogue at a bad party. I’m not a fan. Much of what he has directed, specifically School of Rock and Waking Life, falls under the umbrella of regulation dogshit. He’s not as deplorable as Hal Hartley, but close.
A Scanner Darkly will be employing the life-like animation technique used in the insufferable Waking Life. That’s another warning flag.
Fred/Bob will be played/voiced by Keanu Reeves…also troubling.
Next up? Linklater is doing an ensemble piece based on Fast Food Nation.