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Research thefilms that have been adapted from Philip K. Dick novels or short
stories. Which have generally been acclaimed as the most successful? Why?

Some films from Philip K. Dick’s novels or short stories.

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A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly

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I think a Scanner darkly can generally acclaim the main point of Philip. This one is one of the most successful movies from his novels. This movie has the science part, and also has the speculative part. Some of the plot just involved in the polity. So this movie is a good movie.

How does Dick’s essay (1999; 1964) illuminate his use of Nazism as a motif in High Castle?

In Dick’s essay, he said using “Nazism is right and proper, because it is a true topic, far more so than any novel or any review……”

For some countries, Nazism is the bad dream. So in High Castle, using Nazism is not only a memory of history, but also a hope for the future. In this essay, Dick gave us a description of Nazism and Jewish, this is the real goal of the writer of High Castle. In the end, he said:” let’s live in the present and for the future, not dwelling neurotically in the outrages of the past.” That is just the writer’s hope.

Reference

Dick, P.K. (1995). Nazism and the High Castle. In Sutin, L. (Ed.), The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (pp.112-117). New York: Vintage.