A Scanner Darkly has finally been released here in the UK which means after a long wait I got to go and see it on the big screen. Before I share my thoughts on the film, I should probably point out my bias; If you are a regular reader you will probably know that Philip K […]
A Scanner Darkly (the Richard Linklater adaptation of a Philip K Dick Novel) is released in the US at the end of this week. Whilst looking around at lots of the reviews and previews online I found this article on slate.com. Joshua Glenn (who also writes an excellent column at the Boston Globe) has really […]
http://electricsheep.org/
This is a really interesting screen saver program. It’s made up of lots of linked renders called sheep (like the one below), which people can make themselves and submit. They all link up to create a morphing psychedelic visual experience. When it is on it downloads new sheep and circulates them round, with the more […]
For those of you who are interested, the official “A Scanner Darkly” website is online here, looks good. Some stills:
http://www.toeradio.org/archives/2004/10/program_10.html
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” - Philip k. Dick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/0xd5l/
Worth a listen. (30mins)
“The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and to those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of […]
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Thanks to SPB for creating the image.
“Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups…So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated […]
Welcome to the simulacra… Rambling, from me.
I have been listening To Philip Glass alot recently, (he has a great “listen to his music” thing here: http://www.philipglass.com/html/pages/glass-engine.html)
His range of styles, and the sheer depth of his music seems to have captured me in a way i havn’t felt before, fantastic “before sleep” pieces.
I am reading though […]