A Scanner Darkly story
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American adult animated psychological science fiction film written and directed by Richard Linklater. It is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. Synopsis: An undercover agent becomes addicted to a mind altering drug while on a mission to infiltrate the drug's supply chain.
13 total · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| acute anxiety | major | The drug-addicted, layabout housemates Arctor, Barris, and Luckman dreamed up various paranoid and conspiratorial explanations for one thing after another. |
| drug abuse | major | The story explores Bob Arctor's struggles with being addicted to the powerful hallucinogenic drug Substance D. |
| law enforcement | major | The hero of the story Bob Arctor was an undercover government who'd been tasked to infiltrate an illegal drug supply chain. |
| mass surveillance | major | The film is set in a near future in which the United States government has deployed a high-tech surveillance system on the public. |
| overactive imagination | major | The drug-addicted, layabout housemates Arctor, Barris, and Luckman dreamed up various paranoid and conspiratorial explanations for one thing after another. |
| public health issue | major | The film is set in a near future in which approximately 20% of the United States population is addicted to the powerful hallucinogenic drug Substance D. |
| questioning one's sanity | major | Prolonged use of the powerful hallucinogenic drug Substance D left Bob Arctor wondering whether or not he's lost his mind. |
| roommate and roommate | major | The story is a window into the lives of three drug-addicted, layabout housemates. |
| speculative full body outfit | major | Bob Arctor and other government agents concealed their true identities by wearing "scramble suits" that constantly altered every aspect of their appearances and voices. |
| hologram | minor | Arctor examined a holographic image of Donna's nude torso and head. |