When director Richard Linklater decided to cloak his sci-fi book-based movie, A Scanner Darkly, in a surreal look, he turned to computer genius Bob Sabiston. A team of more than 50 artists labored for over a year to turn the entire film from live action to animation. These stills of Winona Ryder show how technology turns people into cartoonish versions of themselves.  
When director Richard Linklater decided to cloak his sci-fi book-based movie, A Scanner Darkly, in a surreal look, he turned to computer genius Bob Sabiston. A team of more than 50 artists labored for over a year to turn the entire film from live action to animation. These stills of Winona Ryder show how technology turns people into cartoonish versions of themselves.

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