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Waking Life is a 2001 American animated 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.
Waking Life by Richard Linklater (2001) Music: The Passenger by Iggy Pop (Copyright by Universal Music Group) La Cosa Pequeña by Tosca Tango Orchestra Piano melody at the beginning is included...
From the director of Slacker and Dazed and Confused comes one of the most imaginative animated features ever made. This funny, ingenious film, which Rolling ...
Feb 11, 2009 · It is hard to say how much of Richard Linklater's "Waking Life" (2001) is a dream. I think all of it is. His hero keeps dreaming that he has awakened. He climbs out of bed, splashes water on his face, walks outside and finds himself dreaming again.
An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream (s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld.
In "Waking Life," Wiley Wiggins ("Dazed and Confused") travels through a series of encounters and observations in a world that may or may not be reality.
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Oct 19, 2001 · Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
