Tuesday, October 13, 2009
HEAD TRIP
Today's Richard Linklater film was
This adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel is done in rotoscope images in the same way as Linklater's Waking Life (2001).
The technique here is far ahead of the other film but then this is more realistic where the other was a dream world. It is good stuff. Very apt for the science fiction core of this story.
It has Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder.
Very good. Downey is possibly working from real memory in his portrayal of a latter day, very funny, speed freak.
In a lesser role, Woody Harrelson is, well, a great Woody Harrelson.
This film, as with many of Linklater's works, rides on the language. The long talky parts. The speedy one liners. It is word dense. Great.
It does not pander at any time. We are not given a pat resolution. But there is some hope in the ending. Nice enough.
I will give this 4 out of Netflix5. It would be nice to hear the yakking again.
