'Confusion' image courtesy of www.stevehiggs.com
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'Confusion' image courtesy of www.stevehiggs.com
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This site looks at the fiction behind the film adaptations of Philip K Dick's work.
To date there have been nine such adaptations with numbers ten and eleven in the pipeline.
Probably for many PKD fans, an interest in the author began with seeing one or another Hollywood
treatment.
Blade Runner, for example, frequently tops lists as the best science fiction film of all time,
and Total Recall was a huge box office success.
How well Hollywood treats Philip K Dick's work is often a matter of hot debate. Dick's lead characters are
frequently uncharismatic, socially awkward outsiders. Not surprisingly the casting of Arnold Schwarzenegger
as the lead in Total Recall raised many eyebrows in PKD fandom.
For biographical notes and links to more resources visit the PKD Fact page.
www.pkdfilmandfiction.com
Last updated April 2009
News
The Adjustment Team Philip K Dick's 1954 short story, The Adjustment Team is to be made into a movie starring Matt Damon.
King of the Elves
This 1953 PKD short story is to be adapted by Walt Disney. The animated feature is scheduled for release in 2012.
