A Scanner Darkly
Movie • 2006 • Animation
ReportSynopsis
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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Abandonment
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Not shown on screen but it’s implied that Arctor abandoned his wife and children.
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Is there domestic violence?
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**MAJOR SPOILERS** The main character is purposefully given drugs and fed a conspiracy plot so that he will basically fry his brain and help the cop catch the big pharma bad guy.
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Is someone stalked?
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Characters stalk/watch each other for an ongoing police investigation
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Addiction
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Addiction is a heavy theme throughout
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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A character attempts suicide by taking drugs with alcohol. Characters are shown drinking recreationally or while doing drugs. Alcohol addiction/drunkenness is not emphasized.
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Addiction is a heavy theme throughout
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Are there bugs?
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A character hallucinates being covered in "aphids" - actually various over-sized insects and related.
Later, a character hallucinates that his friends are man-sized insects with human faces.
Later, a character hallucinates that his friends are man-sized insects with human faces.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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See comment on asphyxiation
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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He does not die but the character Ernie is shown choking on food and collapsing before coughing up what he almost choked on.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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A character uses drugs and wine to attempt suicide
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Gross
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I saw there was a comment about the time with Bob (Keanu Reaves) at New Path, but there’s also one at some point in the middle of the movie Woody Harrelson’s character chokes on something then goes unconscious and when RDJ’s character is on the phone saying something happened Woody Harrelson starts v****ing. I looked away as soon as it started so idk about visuals but pretty graphic audio in my opinion.
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Medical
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Yes towards the very end- not a long sequence
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A character attempts suicide with pills, but is unsuccessful.
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Freck attempts suicide using alcohol and pills.
Freck attempts suicide using alcohol and pills.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Unreliable reality/narrator trope throughout the film
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Substance abuse disorder among symptoms of other mental/cognitive conditions/disabilities
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Bob Arctor/Fred/Bruce is shown to have some drug-induced symptoms of personality fragmentation or possibly DID - imo not misrepresentation but people may interpret it differently
Bob Arctor/Fred/Bruce is shown to have some drug-induced symptoms of personality fragmentation or possibly DID - imo not misrepresentation but people may interpret it differently
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not exactly shaky cam but the rotoscoping has a very strange effect on perspective, and objects and backgrounds warp and shift when the camera moves
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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People are watched as part of a police investigation
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Sex
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Two characters are viewed having sex in sped up surveillance footage.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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The waitress at the diner
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Vehicular
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A car spins out of control but does not crash and no one gets hurt
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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When Bob, Barris, and Ernie are driving on the highway.
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Is there gun violence?
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A gun is fired to test a home-made silencer. It is not aimed at anyone.
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