If you loved Tape, try A Scanner Darkly

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Richard Linklater, and they both carry the paranoid mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Tape, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What A Scanner Darkly is

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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