It makes reading A Scanner Darkly a very interesting and unique experience. It represents how strange and incomprehensible things are, the mindset of the characters, and why we can’t even believe that what we are reading is what truly happened. Then when we are with Fred viewing the events back, we realise what they signified. At first it is quite baffling, as we witness events from Arctor’s point of view and there is no explanation for the lines of German that seem totally out of place. This is a very remarkable method used by the author. When Fred views some of these moments back on one of the Holo-Scanners he uses for surveillance on his house, he hears Arctor reciting, partly in German. There are also moments in the book when the text is interspersed with lines of German that aren’t explained and seem completely random. This shows the muddled up nature of his brain, affected by drug use and paranoia.
When Fred meets with the two medical deputies, the dialogue is combined with memories they remind him of and medical articles about the mind.
Winter takes Tom and Gerri up north for a funeral, a family member comes to stay and it is hoped old wounds will at last start to heal.Īn interesting device used in the novel is interspersing events with other unrelated facts, dialogue or moments from the past. Autumn is the start of a new relationship for one of the characters, and the cause of a rift. Summer of course means a BBQ, which brings the characters together at Tom and Gerri’s. Spring introduces us to the main characters, shows them at work and their interactions with each other, most are light-hearted and hopeful. This gives a sense of structure to proceedings and each season includes different events and themes. As we follow the ups and downs through the four seasons, 'Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’, and ‘Winter’ flash up on screen to show the changes and handily indicate how far along the film is. The film chronicles the major events that take place during a year for married couple Tom and Gerri (Yes, they’ve learned to live with the whole Tom and Jerry thing), and their friends and family. Rather than being just another Mike Leigh film, his emotionally-charged latest effort is his most affecting and effective to date. With a title that seems to leave itself open for people to say ‘ Another Year is another Mike Leigh film’ suggesting you’ll know exactly what you’re going to get from it, Another Year has surprised many by offering something more. Two men trudging through the picturesque countryside to their next port of call, a hand-drawn picture showing the house they need to visit, an entertaining argument involving Rasputin, Lord Lucan the Queen and Freddie Mercury, and the jaunty music perfectly fitting the mood. The opening sequence of the film is especially good. They then disclose what they have learnt to the clients, and then leave them with their secrets out in the open. This transports them back into the past, viewing moments that these people wanted to be kept secret, from prostitutes to salsa lessons. They enter your home and, after a fastidious ritual of filling out the paperwork, use a device to find the right cupboard and then, with some magic stones, a fire extinguisher and a pair of goggles, they step inside. Mr Davis and Mr Bennett are men who are hired to reveal these skeletons to people. And he discovers the modifications they have made are far superior to what he could have imagined, there are even some that seem almost.human.Ī skeleton in the closet is a “secret source of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal”. The only thing standing in his way is the Screamers that were created to help his side. headquarters to make peace with the other people on the planet. Hendricksson decides there is no point in fighting anymore and sets out with Jefferson to the N.E.B. They certainly wouldn’t want them returning to Earth where they could tell all about how they have been treated. Corporation has discovered ore on another planet and has set out to claim it, leaving Hendricksson and the other survivors here to grow old.
There is only one survivor of the crash, a young soldier called Jefferson, who tells them their war on Sirius 6B has been forgotten about on Earth. A military transport ship then crashes nearby, a ship which had claimed to be a civilian vessel and had asked for permission to land. messenger, who is unfortunately torn to shreds by Screamers just outside their base. World-weary commander Hendricksson (Peter Weller), leader of the small force left on the planet, receives peace terms delivered by an N.E.B.
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