Waking Life (2001)
- Directed by
- Richard Linklater
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 960 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man floats through a series of dreamlike encounters where people debate big ideas about reality, consciousness, and existence. He cannot tell if he is awake or dreaming.
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What happens
Waking Life is a 2001 American adult animated surrealist drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film explores a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of reality, dreams and lucid dreams, consciousness, the meaning of life, free will, and existentialism. The series of philosophical discussions at the film's core are processed by a young man who wanders through a succession of dreamlike realities wherein he encounters a series of characters playing themselves. Shot in Mini DV camera, the film was edited digitally in animation through rotoscoping. It contains several parallels to Linklater's 1990 film Slacker. Waking Life premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on October 19, 2001. It received critical acclaim but underperformed at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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