meant to post this here...
Holy poo beans I loved a Scanner Darkly. I need to read this book. And I don't think I've ever said that before, haha, anybody wanna leeeend it to me? Please? I so dislike paying for things. But I may go that route.
"How did I get here? The pain, so unexpected and undeserved had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs... I realized I didn't hate the cabinet door, I hated my life, my house, my family... my backyard, my power mower... Nothing would ever change, nothing new could ever be expected; it had to end, and it did... Now in the dark world where I dwell... ugly things and surprising things, and sometimes little wonderous things... spill out at me constantly... and I can count on nothing."
"Crazy job they gave me. But if I wasn't doing it, someone else would be. And they might get it wrong. They might set Arctor up, plant drugs on him and collect a reward. Better it be me, despite the disadvantages. Just protecting everyone from Barris is justification in itself. What the hell am I talking about? I must be nuts. I know Bob Arctor. He's a good person... He's up to nothing... At least nothing too bad. In fact, he works for the Orange County Sheriff's office covertly, which is probably why Barris is after him... But that wouldn't explain why the Orange County Sheriff's office is after him. Something big is definitely going down in this house. This rundown, rubble-filled house with its weed patch yard and cat-box that never gets emptied. What a waste of a truly good house. So much could be done with it. A family and children could live here. It was designed for that. Such a waste. They ought to confiscate it and put it to better use. I'm supposed to act like they aren't here. Assuming there's a "they" at all. It may just be my imagination. Whatever it is that's watching, it's not human, unlike little dark-eyed Donna. It doesn't ever blink. What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me, into us? Clearly or darkly? I hope it sees clearly, because I can't any longer see into myself. I see only murk. I hope for everyone's sake the scanners do better. Because if the scanner sees only darkly, the way I do, then I'm cursed and cursed again. I'll only wind up dead this way, knowing very little, and getting that little fragment wrong too. "
It's been a while since a movie has really touched me like this one. My emotions were along for the ride, the acting was phenomenal, the music was outstanding, Linklater made it look beautiful, mhmm, very impressed...