A Scanner Darkly

Synopsis

Winner of the british science fiction association award for best novel, philip k. Dick's a scanner darkly is a semi-autobiographical novel of drug addiction set in a future american dystopia — and the basis for the hugo award finalist film starring keanu reeves, winona ryder, and robert downey, jr. "a scanner darkly is about a descent into the deep fears of our 24-hour consumer society: the twilight of intellectual and emotional collapse. A fascinating portrait of 70s californian counter-culture.