Philip K. Dick fictional fantasies fictionalized as fantasy
While I’m on about Dick, I should add that his influence will be continue to be felt as a character appearing in other pop literature. As with R. Crumb, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Henry James and other real-life people, we can expect plenty more appearances of PKD like this forthcoming thinly disguised fictional biopic.
“Your Name Here” (2007)
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi’s most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order, drug-fueled interdimensional shifts, and 1970’s pop culture combine for the mind-bending adventure of the century.
“Your Name Here” tells the tale of the Sci-fi author William J. Frick (Bill Pullman) during the last few days of his life. Penniless and living in squalor, Bill Frick is on a mission to finish his latest literary masterpiece. His inspiration is the actress Nikki Principal (Taryn Manning): the object of his obsession. After evading a lengthy visit from an IRS agent (Dave Sheridan), Bill has a sudden stroke and wakes up in a limo with none other than Nikki Principal herself, who informs him that his current literary endeavor is going to change the world. He looks out his window and soon realizes that he has become a God amongst mortals, as murals and statues of him permeate the entire city. The vast majority of people worship him, but some like the nefarious Maurice Kroger (M. Emmet Walsh) want Bill’s knowledge and power for their own malicious agenda. Over time Bill realizes that he is now living in a world in which he created, he is living one of his novels. “Your Name Here” continues the tradition of “Being John Malkovich”, and “Adaptation”, and creates an alternative universe that captures the essence of America’s most provocative Sci-Fi stories.
Android version of PKD:
PKD referenced in “Zippy”:
PKD as depicted by Crumb:
