This is the most heart wretching beautiful monologue I've ever read in the book or seen acted. This is perfect, and it fills me with a euphoria. If people wtach this properly, they will feel the same.
Every time I see this I am brought back into a darker time of my life and brought nearly to tears. I have moved on in my life but few movies or novels touched me so personally as this one.
This is my favorite scene in one of the most original movies ever made. I love the way the scene transitions. It's equally impressive in the book. Some people don't like Keanu Reeves, but he is perfect for this part.
I was familiar with Philip K. Dick's fiction before seeing this movie, but I was still blown away when I first saw this. I immediately bought a second ticket to watch it again. It made me want to explore PKD in even greater depth.
an amazing film and a great scene. The character of Bob Arctor is just so brilliant for a number of reasons; but most of all his pitiable confusion, and his genuine belief that he is carrying out justice in subjecting himself to the scanners, to this life that he so clearly hates. It's so sad to see his slow demise, brought on without his knowledge or consent. The self-awareness is all too brief, but so haunting. "I can no longer see clearly into myself - I see only murk"
PKD was 42 when his wife left him and he ended up alone with his speed addiction in an empty 4 bedroom house at 707 Hacienda Way in Santa Venetia, CA. He invited in all his teenaged and twenty-something drug buddies just to fill the space. So I'd imagine the ugliness of Arctor probably has something to do with him being twice everyone else's age.
Incredible movie probably before its time and you can't but feel sorry for Archer at the end of the film. Wonderful performance by the entire cast. What does the scanner see into the head or into the heart? Clearly or Darkly?
Whatever it is that's watching It's not human It doesn't ever blink. What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me? Into us? clearly or darkly? I hope it sees clearly cause I can no longer see into myself. I see only murk. I hope for everyone's sake the scanners do better. Cause if the scanners sees only darkly like I do, then I'm cursed, and cursed again. I will only wind up dead this way, knowing very little, and getting that little fragment wrong too
OMG....1:07 when he leaves the room the black dude and and the white guy transform into the white girl and white guy i literally watched that scene like 3 times before i even realized that i wasn't even paying attention
@joejohanssen I think that they knew that his mission was actually to infiltrate the drug facility and therefore if they had that level of clearance they also knew that Donna was a cop and were urging him to bring the blue flowers to the police.
After reading the book I pictured Bob as what a younger PKD would look like. That being said, a movie is limited to concrete character representations as opposed to a book that leaves at least some flexibility based on the reader. I like the way they represented the characters in this movie though! Keanu has a very dark feel to him that fits perfectly with the world his character lives in, and as far as movie watchers know Bob is a stud and Winona's rejection is explained at the end :P
is the ending of the book similar to the one from the movie? even if it is i'm looking forward to reading it, PKD is a fantastic sci fi writer, only really rivaled by Stanislaw Lem imo. there is a similar book by Lem called the futurological Congress, it is a messy translation as usual, but hey, the book is pretty crazy, if anyone is on the vibe of this movie then this book just extends it to the absurdity.
She rejects him because she's undercover as well, Calling him ugly is just an excuse. It's clear she cares deeply for him, both as the character Donna and as Hank.
great film, but reading the book first really helped me with it, I know I would've found it hard to grasp otherwise. For instance: the first scene is underneath incredibly sad, we know as well as Arctor that something terrible is going on in his hemispheres. I found the St. Paul references in the book quite hard to get. The reflection in the mirror, alternate reality stuff. Maybe I do, but I just don't know it. When he's on a roll, Philip K Dick is da man.
great film, but reading the book first really helped me with it, I know I would've found it hard to grasp otherwise. For instance: ths scene is incredibly sad, we know as well as Arctor that something terrible is going on in his hemispheres. I found the St. Paul references in the book quite hard to get. The reflection in the mirror, alternate reality stuff. Maybe I do, but I just don't know it. When he's on a roll, Philip K Dick is da man.
@joejohanssen Because the blue flowers were the whole point of employing him as a NARC. He wasn't supposed to bust Donna or her dealer he was supposed to find the source of the blue flowers which are used to make substance D. And at the end of the movie he does find the source of the blue flowers.
This film, and especially this monologue, made me think of Keanu Reeves as a good actor, and that all of his criticisms are from just that: critics who sit around with their thumbs up their... Btw, what's with squishing a 16:9 ratio down to a 4:3?
Makes sense that she would reject him if he is an ugly guy in the book. But she feels sorry for him at the end of the movie or for what she allowed to happen.. I'm going to have to read this book. Thanks..
@uzytkownik90 I felt like writing it to get a feel of the poetry, no point beyond that. How I've gotten so many thumbs up, I don't know. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
I think this movie wouldve been more successful at the box office if they made it animated only in scenes where the guys are on substance D and show it in real life when the scene is in the point of view of a sober person. Nonetheless I loved this movie it is one of my faves
@Beatnuk what's the point of quoting almost entire of his speech ? and what's the point of giving thumbs up for long quotation? this isn't comment, this is quote ;/
hmm arctur lost touch with life..he's dead..we're all dead...i think its time to go to the woods and sleep and think a little in the dark with the insects and animals. Riyadh is surely inevitable. Now in the ugly world we're living...ugly things happen. H just left. All V are over. Sad life with lots of shit. What are we doing. This must end. I wanna go home. Elevator scene.
Just read the book. Not liking Keanu as Bob Arcter. I picture Bob as older looking, and kind of ugly. Keanu is just too handsome and youthful looking. I don't think his voice or his acting ability either.
i come back to this scene way too often. Poor bob couldn’t even separate his fake identity from his actual one by the end of the story.
This is the most heart wretching beautiful monologue I've ever read in the book or seen acted. This is perfect, and it fills me with a euphoria. If people wtach this properly, they will feel the same.
Every time I see this I am brought back into a darker time of my life and brought nearly to tears. I have moved on in my life but few movies or novels touched me so personally as this one.
FighterMcwarrior1 same
This is my favorite scene in one of the most original movies ever made. I love the way the scene transitions. It's equally impressive in the book. Some people don't like Keanu Reeves, but he is perfect for this part.
"Crazy job they gave me, but if I wasn't doing it someone else would be"
And they might get it wrong...
I was familiar with Philip K. Dick's fiction before seeing this movie, but I was still blown away when I first saw this. I immediately bought a second ticket to watch it again. It made me want to explore PKD in even greater depth.
I know Bob Arctor... He’s a good person, he’s up to nothing... At least nothing too bad
Keanu Reeves can be a damn good actor when he wants to be.
yes
you made this same comment on two videos of pretty much the same scene, weirdo
an amazing film and a great scene. The character of Bob Arctor is just so brilliant for a number of reasons; but most of all his pitiable confusion, and his genuine belief that he is carrying out justice in subjecting himself to the scanners, to this life that he so clearly hates. It's so sad to see his slow demise, brought on without his knowledge or consent. The self-awareness is all too brief, but so haunting.
"I can no longer see clearly into myself - I see only murk"
Keanu is the christian who exposes their past to prying eyes from the darkness. Its a last days kinda movie.
terrific movie is a huge understatement
i liked the style of the movie but if they didnt animate over the footage it may have been nominated for an oscar
PKD was 42 when his wife left him and he ended up alone with his speed addiction in an empty 4 bedroom house at 707 Hacienda Way in Santa Venetia, CA. He invited in all his teenaged and twenty-something drug buddies just to fill the space.
So I'd imagine the ugliness of Arctor probably has something to do with him being twice everyone else's age.
i'm a big phil k dick fan, and I cried the first time I saw this
This scene is so hard to understand if you're seeing the movie for the first time and can't consider the fact that he really doesn't get it
Exactly, I haven’t seen the movie in years and I forgot he’s talking about himself all thru this scene.
His narration drifts from left hemisphere to right, if you're listening with headphones.
fit the role so damn well
Kafka's little story "Conversation with the Supplicant" captures this kaliedo-sense a century sooner.
K. Dick and Joseph K. were roto-blood brothers.
Incredible movie probably before its time
and you can't but feel sorry for Archer at the end of the film. Wonderful performance by the entire cast. What does the scanner see into the head or into the heart? Clearly or Darkly?
Whatever it is that's watching
It's not human
It doesn't ever blink.
What does a scanner see?
Into the head? Down into the heart?
Does it see into me?
Into us?
clearly or darkly?
I hope it sees clearly cause I can no longer see into myself. I see only murk.
I hope for everyone's sake the scanners do better.
Cause if the scanners sees only darkly like I do, then I'm cursed, and cursed again.
I will only wind up dead this way, knowing very little,
and getting that little fragment
wrong too
This movie gives me chills! The effects of drug use!
brilliant book, by a brilliant man. linklater and his cast did phil and his friends justice.
one of the best drug movies ever
OMG....1:07 when he leaves the room the black dude and and the white guy transform into the white girl and white guy i literally watched that scene like 3 times before i even realized that i wasn't even paying attention
@joejohanssen I think that they knew that his mission was actually to infiltrate the drug facility and therefore if they had that level of clearance they also knew that Donna was a cop and were urging him to bring the blue flowers to the police.
After reading the book I pictured Bob as what a younger PKD would look like. That being said, a movie is limited to concrete character representations as opposed to a book that leaves at least some flexibility based on the reader. I like the way they represented the characters in this movie though! Keanu has a very dark feel to him that fits perfectly with the world his character lives in, and as far as movie watchers know Bob is a stud and Winona's rejection is explained at the end :P
is the ending of the book similar to the one from the movie? even if it is i'm looking forward to reading it, PKD is a fantastic sci fi writer, only really rivaled by Stanislaw Lem imo. there is a similar book by Lem called the futurological Congress, it is a messy translation as usual, but hey, the book is pretty crazy, if anyone is on the vibe of this movie then this book just extends it to the absurdity.
She rejects him because she's undercover as well, Calling him ugly is just an excuse. It's clear she cares deeply for him, both as the character Donna and as Hank.
great film, but reading the book first really helped me with it, I know I would've found it hard to grasp otherwise.
For instance: the first scene is underneath incredibly sad, we know as well as Arctor that something terrible is going on in his hemispheres.
I found the St. Paul references in the book quite hard to get. The reflection in the mirror, alternate reality stuff. Maybe I do, but I just don't know it. When he's on a roll, Philip K Dick is da man.
great film, but reading the book first really helped me with it, I know I would've found it hard to grasp otherwise.
For instance: ths scene is incredibly sad, we know as well as Arctor that something terrible is going on in his hemispheres.
I found the St. Paul references in the book quite hard to get. The reflection in the mirror, alternate reality stuff. Maybe I do, but I just don't know it. When he's on a roll, Philip K Dick is da man.
I had to watch this movie a couple time to understand what was really going on with the circle of characters.
I love this fragment...
I feel ya. It captures a lot.
He thinks of himself in third person here because he doesn't realize that Fred and Arctor are the same person.
@manyeyeshere Definitely. It's a shame so many people havn't seen this.
@joejohanssen Because the blue flowers were the whole point of employing him as a NARC. He wasn't supposed to bust Donna or her dealer he was supposed to find the source of the blue flowers which are used to make substance D. And at the end of the movie he does find the source of the blue flowers.
This film, and especially this monologue, made me think of Keanu Reeves as a good actor, and that all of his criticisms are from just that: critics who sit around with their thumbs up their...
Btw, what's with squishing a 16:9 ratio down to a 4:3?
yeah! he is terribly awful good at acting ! I love you so much ...I ...I...love the hell right out of you!
Makes sense that she would reject him if he is an ugly guy in the book. But she feels sorry for him at the end of the movie or for what she allowed to happen.. I'm going to have to read this book. Thanks..
What is the title of song in this scene
never mind i found it. amazing scene
He is talking about the cameras in his house.
@uzytkownik90
I felt like writing it to get a feel of the poetry, no point beyond that. How I've gotten so many thumbs up, I don't know. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
I think this movie wouldve been more successful at the box office if they made it animated only in scenes where the guys are on substance D and show it in real life when the scene is in the point of view of a sober person. Nonetheless I loved this movie it is one of my faves
Do you have the scene/monologue from when he is inside, watching his friends shoot gun and he is talking of the things he sees?
Sick awesome filth of a movie. Fucken love it.
best movie ever
a history class thirty years from now should use this clip as a video reference for how gentrified classes were made extinct by their own alienation.
haunting
@Beatnuk what's the point of quoting almost entire of his speech ? and what's the point of giving thumbs up for long quotation? this isn't comment, this is quote ;/
I see only murk.
@Gforcebond same, it took me so long to notice
Deep
Thank you I see why now.. Clearly and not darkly.. lol..
Thanks plan to read it..
Youre completely bonkers.
No time with this movie
Two shapeshifters interacting with Keanu Reeves.
hmm arctur lost touch with life..he's dead..we're all dead...i think its time to go to the woods and sleep and think a little in the dark with the insects and animals. Riyadh is surely inevitable. Now in the ugly world we're living...ugly things happen. H just left. All V are over. Sad life with lots of shit. What are we doing. This must end. I wanna go home. Elevator scene.
Just read the book. Not liking Keanu as Bob Arcter. I picture Bob as older looking, and kind of ugly. Keanu is just too handsome and youthful looking. I don't think his voice or his acting ability either.