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The reality of movie technology
UK Based on a short story by Blade Runner writer Philip K. Dick, from a tech point of view one of the most impressive bits was where when Cruise uses a pair of funky gloves to move images and video around on a screen in front of him. ...
Mon, Jun 15 | from IT PRO
Mitchell and Webb: third time unlucky
UK Heinlein's madder contemporary, Philip K Dick, went even further in his work Valis (1981), which features a version of Dick himself (going by the name of 'Horselover Fat') as the novel's protagonist. In cinema, Woody Allen hasn't made a satisfying film ...
Fri, Jun 12 | from Spiked
Writer confirmed for Total Recall remake
The remake will again be a modernized adaptation of "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," a story by Philip K. Dick. Moritz is well-known for having Vin Diesel in his films. Could Vin Diesel be the next Douglas Quaid? Remakes really shouldn't be done ...
Thu, Jun 11 | from Examiner.com
Total Recall Remake Gets 'Ultraviolet' Screenwriter
UT Wimmer will be trying to write a “contemporized adaptation” of “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”, the Philip K. Dick story that inspired the original Total Recall, which was directed by Paul Verhoeven (The Surrogate) and starred “Governator” ...
Wed, Jun 3 | from Screen Rant
And Here Comes the 'Total Recall' Remake
Total Recall will receive a "contemporized adaptation," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kurt Wimmer has been hired to write the script, which may or may not be based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," the Philip K. Dick story that inspired ...
Wed, Jun 3 | from Cinematical
Blu-ray review
Whatever would Hollywood sci-fi do without author Philip K. Dick? Think among his other titles of "Blade Runner," "Total Recall," "Screamers," "Minority Report," "Imposter," "A Scanner Darkly," and the motion picture reviewed here, John Woo's 2003 ...
Mon, May 18 | from DVDTOWN.com
Blade Runner novel to be turned into comic book series
UK - David Bentley I have been a huge fan of Philip K. Dick for years. I subscribed to the PKD Newsletter when I was in high school and have early editions of all his works. Laura and Isa said: "We are thrilled that Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is being adapted ...
Thu, Apr 9 | from Coventry Telegraph
Is CGA technology good for the movie industry
One was the science fiction movie, “A Scanner Darkly”, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick and the other was the 300, about 300 Spartans holding off an attack from the Persians. Both movies were interesting and also a disturbing glimpse into the ...
Sun, Mar 29 | from Examiner.com
From real war to sci-fi war: Ari Folman's next feature
Lem, who died in 2006, was a prolific novelist and essayist. Philip K Dick, meanwhile, has provided the source material for several Hollywood films, including Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report.Science fiction and fantasyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2...
Thu, Dec 18 | from The Guardian (UK)
Philip K. Dick radio tribute tonight
Previously:Philip K. Dick on Kurt Vonnegut - Boing BoingDavid Gill interviews Jonathan Lethem about Philip K. Dick - Boing ...Philip K. Dick 1977 video interview - Boing BoingPhilip K. Dick blog: Erik Davis and Three Stigmata - Boing BoingPhilip K. Dick robot - Boing Boing
Thu, Dec 11 | from Boing Boing
My Own Worst Enemy - Eleventh Hour -- New York Magazine TV Review
Like Blade Runner and Minority Report, Total Recall was based on a science fiction by the paranoid pillhead Philip K. Dick—in this case, his short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Dick, for whom Carlos Castaneda, ...
Sat, Oct 18 | from New York Magazine
Podcast: Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick Performed by Scott Brick (9 1/2 hours, unabridged) Published by RH Audio
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment -- find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
Fri, Feb 1 | from SF Site
Podcast: Minority Report
A look behind the scenes of this Philip K Dick adaptation from 2002 with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. Highlights include discussion of the future world of 2054, scrubbing the image and their first collaboration. A movie that seems to get better with time. Special thanks to 20th Century F...
Tue, Jun 5 | from Fi Talk
Book Review: Four Novels of the 1960s by Philip K. Dick
Yes, this feels like a scene in one of Dick’s alternative reality novels, where somehow history (lit history in this case) gets re-written and all familiar guidelines disappear into the fifth dimension. But Dick’s arrival in the pantheon of American novelists is no sudden plot twist. No A...
Mon, May 14 | from Blogcritics
Movie Review: A Scanner Darkly - Style Over Substance D
What's good about A Scanner Darkly: love for the Philip K. Dick source material, some surprisingly appropriate acting from Robert Downey Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, and even Keanu Reeves, and certain key moments where the animation evokes the confusion and unreal moments of dru...
Sat, Apr 7 | from Blogcritics
David Gill reviews Philip K. Dick's new old novel
David Pescovitz: My friend David Gill, an emerging Philip K. Dick scholar, wrote this review of "Voices From The Street," the author's last unpublished novel: Philip K Dick is in the midst of a cultural ascendancy. The science fiction writer long-championed by devoted genre fans, freaks...
Mon, Mar 19 | from Boing Boing
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