A Scanner Darkly

Suburban sprawl scorches under a July sun, cicadas buzz above a shimmering vinyl lawn chair. His pupil-dilation knitwear keeps slipping—one lens fogged, the other sharp—while the street signs mock him with corporate slogans. A rotoscoped paranoia slide show where the man in the chair is both hunter and ghost.

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Richard Linklater directed A Scanner Darkly in 2006. See Richard Linklater's full filmography, where to start with Richard Linklater, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Linklater.

A Scanner Darkly was released in 2006 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.