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Waking Life (2001)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 27,900 users
Metascore:
82/100
Reviews: 482 user | 125 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe. Director:Richard LinklaterWriter:Richard Linklater |
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Young Boy Playing Paper Game
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Lorelei Linklater | ... |
Young Girl Playing Paper Game
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Glover Gill | ... |
Accordion Player
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Lara Hicks | ... |
Violin Player
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Sara Nelson | ... |
Cello Player
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Jeanine Attaway | ... |
Piano Player
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Erik Grostic | ... |
Bass Player
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Bill Wise | ... |
Boat Car Guy
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Robert C. Solomon | ... |
Philosophy Professor
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Herself
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Eamonn Healy | ... |
Shape-Shifting Man
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J.C. Shakespeare | ... |
Burning Man
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Storyline
Dreams. What are they? 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. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? The film does not answer all these for us. Instead, it inspires us to ask the questions and find the answers ourselves. Written by Jeff Mellinger <jmell@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
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Пробуждение жизни See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$88,977 (USA) (21 October 2001) (4 Screens)Gross:
$2,892,011 (USA) (28 April 2002)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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The subway scene took Wiley Wiggins 2 months to animate. The character in the scene had to be redrawn by someone else. See more »Quotes
Philosophy Professor: The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or historical curiosity, is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century. I'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately in the sense of taking responsibility for who you are...See more »
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The end credits are all rendered in moving, squirming letters. See more »
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