Rotoscope

I can't vouch how good the upcoming Richard Linklater adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic tripfest science fiction novel A Scanner Darkly will be, but I sure am excited. Check out the website and trailer here.

The animation technique used for the film is called rotoscoping and invention is credited to Max Fleischer in 1914. His Superman shorts from the 1940's rule.

This technique was also used in a terrific computer adventure game I was privileged to produce, the well-regarded but undersold The Last Express.

There's also a Wikipedia history of the project here.

Would that there was a clamor after Linklater's film comes out for the game's re-release...