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A Scanner Darkly

2006 · 100 min

A disorienting, paranoid descent into addiction and surveillance, visually hypnotic and emotionally bleak.

Directed by
Richard Linklater
Genres
Animation, Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson
Tagline
Everything is not going to be OK.
Overview
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

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Directed by
Richard Linklater
Genres
Animation, Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • addiction
  • survival
  • isolation
  • corruption
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour4
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
animation, science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Written by
Richard Linklater
Starring
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby
Music
Graham Reynolds
Cinematography
Shane F. Kelly
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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