Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies

by Jason Vest.   With Foreword by Phillip Lopate 

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Among the films adapted from novels and stories by Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner, Confessions d'un Barjo, Minority Report, and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision."--Reference and Research Book News

Review
"Among the films adapted from novels and stories by Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner, Confessions d''un Barjo, Minority Report, and most recently Richard Linklatter''s A Scanner Darkly. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick''s sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick''s singular vision."-Reference and Research Book News (Reference and Research Book News )

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Bison Books (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803218605
• ISBN-13: 978-0803218604