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Waking Life
Transcending the boundaries of technology and imagination, 'Waking Life' is a revolutionary breakthrough in film animation. It tells the story of a man who shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
14 September 1942, Detroit, Michigan, USA
29 April 1960, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
9 December 1918, Kyle, Texas, USA
9 July 1970, New York City, New York, USA
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
21 December 1969, Paris, France
11 February 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA
9 April 1972
1950, New York City, New York, USA
November 22, 2010
A far-out-man poetry slam, art exhibit and imaginative philosophical discourse all at once drifts gently down a stream of consciousness until merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, "Waking Life" is but a dream. Who says existential fiction must be dreary?
July 24, 2007
A true independent film that uses animation techniques to their utmost.
September 09, 2008
Form and content fit perfectly: even if the highbrow babbling gets a bit much, the hypnotic animation means that there is always something to watch, like characters suddenly dissolving into smoke or spectacles expanding.
February 13, 2011
a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons
April 29, 2009
A brilliant film that provokes thought, idea, and conversations within the audience through its surreal animation and incredibly profound conversations.
January 22, 2002
If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it.
December 29, 2010
Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.
October 31, 2006
This inventive animated film, which takes Linklater back to his roots in Austin and Slacker, represents a summation of all the philosophical concerns that have defined him as spokesperson for Gen-X.
December 05, 2001
Exhilarating, transporting, funny and haunting -- and at times maddeningly heady or narcotically logy -- Waking Life doesn't compare to any other movie experience I've ever had.
November 08, 2001
An instant cult classic, one that's tailor-made for multiple viewings and bound to be popular among college students.
November 06, 2002
For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect.
January 26, 2006
The endless philosophising is a bit sophomoric and more jokes would help, but this is one of a kind that grows more absorbing the longer it runs.
