Review of The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

  • October 28, 2007
  • James Skemp
I'm a fan of PKD, but this documentary fails in a number of major areas, making it almost useless in its scope. First of all, the animations that are used in place of slides are annoying beyond _, but I suppose if they trimmed those up they'd only have an hour of play time. The music reminded me of Assault on Precinct 13, and while it wasn't too bad, it was utterly diabolical when it was close to drowning out the interviewed individuals while they spoke.

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Review of Brian J. Robb's Counterfeit Worlds

  • May 26, 2007
  • James Skemp

This is the review that I wrote for Amazon.com for the book Counterfeit Worlds by Brian J. Robb.

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A Scanner Darkly (2006) - best PKD movie ever?

  • July 18, 2006
  • James Skemp

This last weekend I watched A Scanner Darkly, which had just hit a local Madison theatre on Friday. I'd been looking forward to the film since I'd heard about it, and since it promised to showcase a look like Waking Life.

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