Philip K Dick - a Day In the Afterlife
The author of the stories behind Blade Runner and Total Recall grew up in California at a time when an agricultural idyll was fast being replaced by motorways, shopping stores and junk culture. Philip K Dick drew inspiration for his 42 science-fiction novels and countless short stories from the neighbourhood growing up around him and the advertisements on television.
"It's appropriate that Dick's writing is sandwiched between the lurid covers of trashy paperbacks," says the director of this Arena film, Nicola Roberts , "because his mission