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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
30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA
9 July 1970, New York City, New York, USA
11 February 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
1986
July 24, 2007
A true independent film that uses animation techniques to their utmost.
November 08, 2001
An instant cult classic, one that's tailor-made for multiple viewings and bound to be popular among college students.
January 22, 2002
If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it.
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.
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?
December 29, 2010
Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.
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.
April 29, 2009
A brilliant film that provokes thought, idea, and conversations within the audience through its surreal animation and incredibly profound conversations.
November 06, 2002
For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect.
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.
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.
February 13, 2011
a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons