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Waking Life

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.

Director

Richard Linklater

Year

Genre

animation, drama, fantasy

Box Office

$2,901,447

Production

N/A

Awards

5 wins & 21 nominations

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Young Boy Playing Paper Game

Trevor Jack Brooks

Young Girl Playing Paper Game

Lorelei Linklater

Main Character

Accordion Player

Violin Player

Viola Player

Viola Player

Cello Player

Piano Player

Jeanine Attaway

Bass Player

Boat Car Guy

Philosophy Professor

Robert C. Solomon

Self

Shape-Shifting Man

Burning Man

J.C. Shakespeare

Jesse

Celine

Angry Man in Jail

Charles Gunning

Self

Man in Car with P.A.

Self

Self

Aklilu Gebrewold

Coffee Shop Chatter

Coffee Shop Chatter

Chimpanzee

Self

Man Writing a Novel at the Bar

Woman Talking to the Novel Writer

Man Talking to the Bartender

Bartender

Woman on TV

Man on TV

Man with the Long Hair

Self

Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams

John Christensen

Self

Man Talking to Caveh

One of Four Men

One of Four Men

One of Four Men

Jason Liebrecht

One of Four Men

Man on the Lamppost

Mr. Debord

Hymie Samuelson

Man on the Train

David MartÃnez

Young Disappearing Guy

Soap Opera Woman

Self

Timothy 'Speed' Levitch

Goatee Man

Friendly Girl

Interviewed on Television

Steven Soderbergh

Old Man

Charles Murdock

Quiet Woman at Restaurant

Older Artist in the Park

Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait

Kierkegaard Disciple

Pinball Playing Man

Richard Linklater

Goth Girl

Kierstin Cunnington

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Burning Man Celine Man On The Train Soap Opera Woman Man With The Long Hair Philosophy Professor Boat Car Guy Pinball Playing Man Jesse Old Man Man On Tv Quiet Woman At Restaurant Accordion Player Young Girl Playing Paper Game

Man wants chaos - Waking Life

Man wants chaos

Dream is destiny - Waking Life

Dream is destiny

My transport should be an extension of my personality Voil - Waking Life

My transport should be an extension of my personality Voil

My transport should be an extension of my personality Voila - Waking Life

My transport should be an extension of my personality Voila

I refuse to take existentialism as just another fashion - Waking Life

I refuse to take existentialism as just another fashion

The message is we should never write ourselves off - Waking Life

The message is we should never write ourselves off

It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration - Waking Life

It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration

And his environmental interaction - Waking Life

And his environmental interaction

I've been thinking about something you said - Waking Life

I've been thinking about something you said

We must realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale - Waking Life

We must realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale

We must realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale - Waking Life

We must realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale

What a bunch of garbage Liberal Democrat conservative Republican - Waking Life

What a bunch of garbage Liberal Democrat conservative...

Resistance is not futile We will win this - Waking Life

Resistance is not futile We will win this

The quest is to be liberated from the negative - Waking Life

The quest is to be liberated from the negative

What are the barriers that keep people - Waking Life

What are the barriers that keep people

What are the barriers that keep people - Waking Life

What are the barriers that keep people

What's the story - Waking Life

What's the story

I do not await the future - Waking Life

I do not await the future

A friend once told me the worst mistake you can make - Waking Life

A friend once told me the worst mistake you can make

A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage - Waking Life

A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage

They say dreams are real only as long as they last - Waking Life

They say dreams are real only as long as they last

And everyone knows fun rules Yeah - Waking Life

And everyone knows fun rules Yeah

The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities - Waking Life

The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities

Ever have a job you hated and worked real hard at - Waking Life

Ever have a job you hated and worked real hard at

So I can't adjust lights - Waking Life

So I can't adjust lights

Later Super perfundo on the early eve of your day - Waking Life

Later Super perfundo on the early eve of your day

If the world is false and nothing is true then everything is possible - Waking Life

If the world is false and nothing is true then everything is...

Things have been tough for dreamers - Waking Life

Things have been tough for dreamers

A thousand years is an instant There's nothing new - Waking Life

A thousand years is an instant There's nothing new

Could we do that again I know we haven't met - Waking Life

Could we do that again I know we haven't met

Life is a matter of a miracle - Waking Life

Life is a matter of a miracle

You have - Waking Life

But didn't I mention The ongoing wow is happening right now - Waking Life

But didn't I mention The ongoing wow is happening right...

And on romantic evenings of self - Waking Life

And on romantic evenings of self

When it was over all I could think about was how - Waking Life

When it was over all I could think about was how

I'm not saying you don't know what you're talking about - Waking Life

I'm not saying you don't know what you're...

Actually there's only one instant right now And it's eternity - Waking Life

Actually there's only one instant right now And...

And I think That's not just the smell of vomit - Waking Life

And I think That's not just the smell of vomit

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Richard Linklater

Production: N/A

Genre: animation, drama, fantasy

Year: 2001

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $2,901,447

Released: 07 Mar 2002

Awards: 5 wins & 21 nominations

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