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Images: The hazy world of 'Scanner'

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  • Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves plays undercover cop Bob Arctor in director Richard Linklater's film "A Scanner Darkly," which is based on the 1979 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Rory Cochrane

    Rory Cochrane

    Rory Cochrane portrays Charles Freck in the film, which tells the darkly comedic but deeply tragic tale of drug use in the modern world. The story is illustrated by way of digital rotoscoping.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Scanner Darkly

    Scanner Darkly

    Digital rotoscoping is typically reserved for creating more life-like special effects and enhancing visuals in small segments of film. Linklater, however, decided to use it for a full-length feature film.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Charles Freck

    Charles Freck

    In "A Scanner Darkly," Cochrane, playing Charles Freck, takes on a dreamy half-reality visage through digital rotoscoping.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Defined lines

    Defined lines

    Digital rotoscoping consists primarily of using animation software to repeatedly trace lines through a series of dots called splines, or mathematically defined curves connected by groups of points outlining an image.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Scanner poster

    Scanner poster

    A promotional poster for "A Scanner Darkly," which opens nationwide on Friday. The film took six months to shoot, but the animation took more than a year.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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  • Rory Cochrane
  • Scanner Darkly
  • Charles Freck
  • Defined lines
  • Scanner poster

Digital rotoscoping puts Philip K. Dick adaptation in a drug-induced haze.

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves plays undercover cop Bob Arctor in director Richard Linklater's film "A Scanner Darkly," which is based on the 1979 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 15:56 GMT (08:56 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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