Haiku You Ku: 17 Syllable Review: A Scanner Darkly

Monday, July 10, 2006

Trippy. Save your "whoa"
jokes until the personas
collapse. Much like life.

demetri said...: a, is it better than the novel?; 23:22
Unknown said...: must confess I haven't read it. but now I want to. I will say that Cochrane and Downey are incredible and it left me with a sense of either loss of innocence or nostalgia for when I lost said innocence. or both. should I infer that you're not a fan of that one?; 09:45
demetri said...: i'm not a huge fan of the novel. it lacks the descriptive precision that renders otherwise trippy/fuguey books like UBIK so compelling. and in retrospect Scanner Darkly reads like a first stab at the cosmic identity-crisis narratives he'd explore much more effectively in his final trilogy. but i'm the last person to discourage someone from reading anything by him. lots of people like it a lot. part of my reaction might merely be coming to it late, expecting it to rule, and being disappointed by it in comparison to VALIS and The Divine Invasion. let me know what you think if you read it. when i see the movie i'll try a seventeen- syllable review of my own

oh, and as long as i have your attention, did you see Waking Life, too? are the two films pretty similar?; 10:27
Unknown said...: The animation is better in ASD, but the same method. I would say Waking Life is more interesting to me personally, but ASD is a well-delivered dose of Under-American Dread...which is like saying "delicious porn" if you know me.; 15:08