Prophets of Science Fiction — S01E02 — Philip K. Dick
2011 · 45 MIN · IMDB 7.5
Overview
Literary genius, celebrated visionary, paranoid outcast: Writer Philip K. Dick lived a life of ever-shifting realities straight from the pages of his mind-bending sci-fi stories. His books have inspired films like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report. His ideas have influenced the development of real-life breakthroughs in everything from robotics to law enforcement. The brilliant, troubled sci-fi legend's work confronts readers with a deceptively simple question: What is reality?
Dialogue Timeline — 388 lines
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00:00:00 WITHOUT COMPROMISE, PERFORMANCE WITHOUT SACRIFICE. Narrator: WHAT IS REALITY?
00:02:07 COME. ONE CRISP NOVEMBER DAY, HE FINDS HIS HOUSE RANSACKED.
00:04:10 A CHRISTIAN LEADS TO LARGER QUESTION OF THAT BOOK WHICH IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN?
00:05:48 OF HUMAN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. TO DEVELOP NEW MATERIALS L LIKE WHAT WE CALL FRUBBER OR FACE
00:07:24 THE ONE CANNY VALLEY IS A THEORY POSITIVED BY A JAPANESE RESEARCHER.
00:09:03 IDENTITY. RICK DECKERD RECALLS PASSING THE TEST.
00:11:01 THAT OFTEN COMES WITH IMAGERY. I CAN IMAGINE IT. I WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT MY BABY
00:12:50 A THRILLING MARS ADVENTURE. WHY GO TO MARS AS A TOURIST WHEN YOU CAN GO AS A FAMOUS
00:14:33 IMAGINED EXPERIENCE IS NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM A REAL EXPERIENCE.
00:16:27 Narrator: DICK'S CONCEPTS MAY HAVE SEEMED OUTLANDISH AT THE TIME, BUT TODAY THEY ARE AS
00:17:57 EXAMINE THEIR DESIGN IN WAYS THAT WERE UNIMAGINABLE BEFORE. IT ALLOWS THEM TO FIND ERRORS
00:19:32 WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE? WOULD YOU RATHER BE IN THE HERE AND NOW?
00:21:04 DRUGS, REALITY, POLICE POWER AND CORPORATE COVER-UPS SINCE THE 1950s.
00:22:40 OPTIC CAMERA. IT ALLOWS US TO POINT INTO AREAS WHERE A CAMERA WOULDN'T NORMALLY
00:24:14 PHILIP K. DICK'S PROPHECY IS THAT IT WOULD BE SUFFOCATING. A FORM OF PRISON.
00:25:50 I'M PLACING YOU UNDER ARREST FOR THE FUTURE MURDER OF SARA MARKS TAKING PLACE TODAY, APRIL
00:27:41 TO "STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER" BY THE BEATLES. HIS WIFE, TESS, IS CARING FOR
00:29:30 FUTURE MURDER OF SOMEONE HE HASN'T EVEN MET YET. THE MOVIE IS DIRECTED BY STEVEN
00:31:08 BE TAKEN TO EXTREMES. PRECOGNITION WAS PART OF HIS NOTION THAT IF THE POLICE COULD
00:32:49 ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT HE IS HAUNTED BY THE PAST. HE IMAGINES THE TWIN SISTER WHO
00:34:36 Narrator: IN 1963, "THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" EARNS HIM ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS IN
00:37:16 CAN'T WEE? ERNESTO STRENGTH THEORY OR "N" BECAUSE IT POSITIVES THE
00:40:03 HIS LIFE WAS DEFINITELY CUT SHORT. IF PHIL WOULD HAVE LIVED TO A
00:42:28 HIS WRITING WAS
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Dialogue Record
Lines indexed388
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:42:28
Production Record
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Prophets of Science Fiction, season 1, episode 2: Philip K. Dick.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/58708/season/1/episode/2
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