| Waking Life | 
 enlarge | Directors: Bob Sabiston, Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins, Glover Gill
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  317 reviews
Sales Rank: 3437
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 024543040651
UPC: 024543040651
EAN: 0024543040651
ASIN: B00005YU1O
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: May 7, 2002
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Product Description
A man in a dream state begins to question whether waking or dreaming is the true reality; while on his journey in the dream he meets many interesting characters who talk with him about the meaning of life, perception and human existance.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 15-APR-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Waking Life is a film that never settles down. Or maybe it never wakes up. Regardless, Richard Linklater's animated meditation seems to strike a perfect balance between the plotless meanderings of Slacker and the unquenchable knowledge-seeking of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Any way you look at it, this is a weird, original movie. As he attempts to figure out what separates dreams from reality, the protagonist (Dazed and Confused's Wiley Wiggins) hears an earful from everyone he stumbles upon. Ramblings range from the scholarly (Linklater's former college professor Robert C. Solomon gives a monologue) to the banal (of which there are plenty). Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Steven Soderbergh, and Adam Goldberg all get animated cameos, basically playing themselves. The dream-centered dialogues eventually grow mind-numbing, but that's OK; the animation steals the show. Each frame of the movie, which was first shot with live actors, was painted over, and the process renders a distorted and trippy collage of sights and sounds. Linklater's film is ultimately quite poignant, but, as with any good journey, you'll need to sit through some fairly tedious moments before reaching the destination. --Jason Verlinde
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 trippy visuals; excellent dialogue December 2, 2008
This is an excellent movie if you want to think. This movie had me thinking about life in completely different ways. Not only is the dialogue compelling, but the visuals are trippy - emphasizing even more what the movie is about.
hang on for the ride November 9, 2008
Waking Life is a superb loopy deep-dive into a rotoscoped Linklater universe - talking heads made witty & visually interesting, sometimes beautiful, sometimes lurid, sometimes - oh, everything else you might imagine animation can do in the hands of the man who did "Slackers" -- existential, smart, provocative, fun, disturbing & sometimes blindingly articulate: seductive and right the whole way through. Tugs at you multi-dimensionally: teaches you to bring the dream up & go down to the dream: sort of Freud for the new age. Bravo to all of the many who groomed & goosed this into its miraculous being. There's no waking up from it.
Guy Kettelhack
New York City
Good movies like this aren't made very often. September 21, 2008
this movie covers a lot of ground, things that people need realize or hear at the very least. just a lot of people talking about some very important issues. well presented, well written, properly executed and effectively implemented. should be in every movie aficionado's collection!
open you rmind September 16, 2008
I love the thought provoking dialogue I was expecting that I wasn't completely pleased with the presentation. The way this film is "animated", to me, distracts fom the message a bit...
Waking Life August 18, 2008
Waking Life
This movie is surreal. It is captured in real life via a hand held camera, then it was sent to six different artists to create their own style of animation over the live action. The styles are all unique, giving the viewer amazing views of interations between the main character and his many acquaintances in his dream/real(?) world. The animation is the very best visual reprsentation of what I can remember of hallucinations on LSD from 40 years ago. It's amazing. The movie has some much to offer that you need to see it over and over again to catch the many insightful thoughts presented. Be sure to put the English captions on to catch all of the clever wording. You will either love this movie, or hate it. I loved it.
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