Wiley Wiggins,
Ethan Hawke,
Julie Delpy,
Steven Soderbergh,
Timothy Levitch
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A boy has a dream that he can float, but unless he holds on, he will drift away into the sky. Even when he is grown up, this idea recurs. After a strange accident, he walks through what may be a dream...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 7, 2002
Stats: 4,812 reviews
A young man has a series of dreams, animated in various styles, from which he cannot awake; he gradually comes to realize that he is dreaming and asks the characters he meets how he can awaken. An interesting experiment featuring great animation, but there are problems in that t...( read more)
Very academic, like 97 minutes of animated college philosophy (but without all the homework).
"The worst mistake that you can make is to think you're alive, when really you're asleep in life's waiting room." Every once in a while, you
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Very intriguing concept and conversations about being. The one problem: I actually did fall into a dream while watching.
Some neat ideas, but a lot of the time I found myself thinking "boy I wish they'd shut up." Kinda makes you feel like you're in high school again, where all your "intellectual" friends were trying real hard to use big words.
Clever and innovative as it is mind-boggling, Waking Life seeks to draw a line in the sand between our lives in reality and our lives in our dreams, that is, if they are seperate lives at all.
yes, it can make you dizzy and/or nauseous due to the animation, but it reflects amazingly how a dream can actually be..it has the feeling that it just flows... Most of the ideas or ponderings in this movie are not entirely new, but it's a great way to map some differences betwee...( read more)
Each time I've watched it I have been left in a contemplative, dreamy state. Really good movie.
this is one of a kind movie, a brilliant piece of cinema by the brilliant richard linklater, visually exhilarating and philosophically flabbergasting, this feels contemplative but cheerful at the same time, an extravagantly inventive film, brilliant !
Watched it for a philosophy class, of all things. Still found its lessons interesting. Love Linklater.
It may not be for everyone -- the movie requires a high tolerance for statements such as 'there's only one instant, and it's now, and it's eternity' -- but it's like nothing else in theaters right now. full review
Adds up to little more than a series of disconnected impressions, but it holds interest despite an almost nonexistent narrative, and that's something. full review
Linklater's cerebral provocations allow for tickling visuals -- check out that car-boat -- and lively humor. full review
One of the most inspired cases of the medium embodying the message ever captured on celluloid. full review
Like a long day in the college coffee shop, it's more provocative than original and profound, but still time well spent. full review
This movie seems alive, seems vibrating with urgency and excitement. full review
reaally poetic,
for me..
just the dream issue was interesting,
the whole movie as it is.. is kind of boring :/
I love seeing people who can't spell sing praises for a movie about existentialism.
A truly brilliant film. Artsitic and Poetic in may sences. I myself loved the film, basically for it's art. I also loved how it made it hard for the so called "ignorant People" to understand what's going on and so forth. Anyways do so and check this film out, it's a true work of art.
Seriously, people...
Stop going to see movies like "Dukes of Hazzard" and "Deuce Biggalow" and see this film.
As a friend of mine put it, you might need a reading comprehension level higher than that of a third grader to understand this film. Its definitely not for those of you who want to check your brain at the door and be entertained. It serves the sole purpose of provoking thought and conversation. But its so worth it. Give it a chance.
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