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.
24 September 1926, Sidney, Ohio, USA
9 April 1972
29 July 1957, Port Arthur, Texas, USA
29 May 1994, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
21 December 1969, Paris, France
29 April 1960, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 February 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA
11 May 1970, South Dakota, USA
30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA
12 April 1951, Waxahachie, Texas, USA
1986
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?
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.
November 08, 2001
An instant cult classic, one that's tailor-made for multiple viewings and bound to be popular among college students.
April 29, 2009
A brilliant film that provokes thought, idea, and conversations within the audience through its surreal animation and incredibly profound conversations.
February 13, 2011
a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons
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.
November 06, 2002
For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect.
December 29, 2010
Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.
July 24, 2007
A true independent film that uses animation techniques to their utmost.
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.
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.
January 22, 2002
If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it.
