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Submitted by jim on Wed, 06/16/2004 - 05:01
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A note from the Philip K. Dick trust [excerpt]:
As many of you have already heard, A Scanner Darkly is being adapted for film, and we are happy to finally share details about it. This project is very exciting for us -- not only because of the caliber of talent behind it, but because we believe that it will be the very first faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. Directed by Richard Linklater from his own screenplay, A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane.
Bladerunner wasn't faithful? Oh well, at least it was great.
Jim, have you read the source material for Blade Runner?
Long enough ago that I can't remember it. The movie stuck in my craw better. My question was not sarcastic though - I was merely surprised to read Bladerunner wasn't faithful, as I'd always heard it was (or at least faithful enough).
It's been awhile for me, too. Probably read it in 1999. But as I recall at the time it didn't seem very faithful. Perhaps a re-read is in order for me. As I recall it's not a long book.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? 256 pages. I thought the movie and book were very different. But, like y'all, I haven't read it in ages, so I couldn't tell you how.