Richard Linklater employs the amazing rotoscope technology he introduced in the now-classic Waking Life in this adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel about a narc so deeply under cover—and addicted to new drug Substance D—that he quickly loses sight of his own reality and identity. When the narc, whose real identity is hidden from his superiors, is ordered to spy on himself, things get really complicated. "A Scanner Darkly focuses on the nature of reality, perception, and identity, dreaming and waking, hallucinating and projecting, remembering and forgetting.... The animation's sculptural quality maximizes the expressiveness of the actors, especially Downey...despite the computer-generated artifice, this is one of his most authentic performances." (Chicago Reader) More at wip.warnerbros.com/ascannerdarkly
2006, color, 1 hour 40 minutes, USA