The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

Name: The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 2, 2001
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 27

2001

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First Run Features | Release Date: March 2, 2001

Summary: The ultimate trip into the mind of the world's greatest science fiction writer. (First Run Features)

Director: Mark Steensland

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 80 min

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David Sterritt

Admirers of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and other Dick literature will enjoy this nonfiction look at the writer, his career, and his eccentricities, some of which were as bizarre as his fiction. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The filmmakers created an animated version of the writer to accompany audio clips of Dick speaking. It's a well-intentioned but unsatisfying invention, which pretty much sums up the whole enterprise. Read full review

Film.com Henry Cabot Beck

Doesn't have the courage or inclination to go inside of Dick's ideas, or offer any kind of structured or detailed approach to his thinking or writing. Read full review

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Duller-than-a-Vitalife-convention compilation of talking heads.

Jonathan Foreman

Anyone interested in this remarkably prolific author would be better off visiting a library or bookshop.

Jami Bernard

Both a fan's dream and a moviegoer's nightmare: It ends up being all about those who remember and interpret Philip K. Dick and not about the man himself. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Writers are only interesting for what they've written, and for that you'll have to go read. Read full review

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Doc182

May 26, 2013

I just watched this "documentary". I'm at a loss for words to express anything good about this piece... Which can only be described as a high school quality, steaming pile of sh!t. It pains me to say something so harsh about a documentary, because I usually love documentaries. I don'tI just watched this "documentary". I'm at a loss for words to express anything good about this piece... Which can only be described as a high school quality, steaming pile of sh!t. It pains me to say something so harsh about a documentary, because I usually love documentaries. I don't usually write reviews, but felt it necessary to warn others who might want to learn about Philip K. Dick. This low budget mistake is a dis-service and will turn watchers off to PKD through sheer boredom- which I can only assume is the exact opposite of what the producers had originally intended. Speaking of producers... Mark Steensland and Andy Massagli give credit to themselves no less than 6 TIMES EACH in the opening/closing credits for this festering ball of cat vomit One of them lists himself as "Camera Director"... Which consists entirely of placing a camera on a tripod with seemingly no regard for lighting, then making sure that camera NEVER moves. Bravo. Unrated and uninteresting, this is an hour and 21 minutes I can't get back. Not only that, but what a horrible loogey to hock on such a great writer as PKD. Thanks a lot. In contrast, the episode of Prophets of Science Fiction dedicated to PKD is excellent! And the camera moves. And Ridley Scott doesn't credit himself 6 times... Although, he deserves it far more than these hacks. Thank you, drive-thru.… Expand

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