And although I didn't get a lot of the shit, something about it I understood and think it's a beautiful movie. It was just so crazy...makes me wanna try shrooming again or acid for the first time.
I would suggest watching the movie "Waking Life", which was by the same director and has the same animation. Overall, it's a better movie and has a more thought-provoking context. Definitely right for psychedelics.
I actually find I like to save movies like A Scanner Darkly or Requieum for a Dream for when I'm not ripped - but instead when I'm in a hard-core crash mode either from a really intense bender of uppers or just when the weed gives out. Mostly because when you're high the realization of some of the plots' twisted satires is a little easy to miss.
A scanner darkly is about addiction, psychosis and death, heh. The animation is nifty but yeah, I'd prefer a happier movie when i'm on something. Requiem probably is even worse, heh. (Both good movies though, i just mean for atmosphere while altered.)
thats actually one of my favorite movies. that line keanu reeves uses about little wonderous things is very intellegent. A waking life is good too, but I actually liked a scanner darkly a little better. not because of the story, or the thought provoking context, but more the meaning of what its like to be hopelessly addicted to something. I like it when he relized that he was addicted, and as sick as this sounds I really loved the ending. I mean wow, if thats not saying something about the government I dont know what does. The business man at the end, for some reason reminded me of GWB
