Friday, July 7, 2006

A Scanner Darkly I've been waiting for this for quite some time. I rarely go to the theatre, generally preferring to wait for DVD, but this one -- I was ready. It opened tonight... but not in my area. Damn. Embedded in the visionary headtrip of A Scanner Darkly is a hotly political call to arms. - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Slipped into the summer movie season like acid in your happy meal, Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly is a blockbuster of counterprogramming. [...] Linklater's return to Waking Life's surreally pulsing world of rotoscope animation -- and his flashback to Philip K. Dick's like-titled drug dystopia of the late '70s -- is a prefab cult flick pitched to a drastically underserved group of filmgoers: stoners, depressives, bookworms, conspiracy theorists, movie critics, and various other head-scratching freaks for whom the promise of Hollywood action sounds more like a threat. What a breath of fresh air this stifling, claustrophobic, boldly uningratiating vision of an American subculture's last gasp imparts to its contrarian core audience. - Rob Nelson, SF Weekly This movie definitely isn't for everyone, and from what I've heard, is a very bleak look at a drug war world that Philip K. Dick pessimistically predicted, without giving any answers, but it seems relevant to today. I'm a big fan of both Philip K. Dick and Linklater's work. Use this thread to discuss the movie (and assume that there may be spoilers). 10:48:04 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

Understanding the Gateway Theory Here's what we know for sure regarding the gateway theory: Over 99% of those who never try marijuana will not become addicted to heroin. Over 99% of those who do try marijuana will not become addicted to heroin. 1:11:47 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []