Waking Life

Waking Life

  • Director: Richard Linklater
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 7, 2002
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Despertando a la vida (2008)
  • "Waking Life" is an animated film directed by Richard Linklater, starring Willie Weggis and Julie Delpy . It was released in the United States on October 19, 2001.
    The film tells the protagonist wandering from one place to another, constantly encountering strange people   .

    Details

    • Release date March 7, 2002
    • Filming locations San Antonio, Texas, USA
    • Production companies Fox Searchlight Pictures, Independent Film Channel (IFC), Thousand Words

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,901,447

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $88,977

    Gross worldwide

    $3,176,880

    Movie reviews

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    • By Daphnee 2022-04-19 09:02:16

      Woke up, my head is mushy

      The process of watching this movie is like a dream, the process is long, the brain is exhausted, I want to stop, but I can't stop it... I finally finished watching it, I seem to understand something, but I don't seem to understand anything, and I feel dizzy Yes, like boiled a mess.

      In your dreams, in other people's dreams, in dreams in dreams, in dreams of people in dreams...
      you in your dreams, you in other people's dreams, others in your dreams, others in other people's...

    • By Hilma 2022-04-19 09:02:16

      Do you still dream after death?

      Sometimes after falling asleep, you feel chest tightness or even suffocation unconsciously, but you will not wake up, you are having some dreams, you are in another world. You don't even realize the feeling of tightness in your chest at this time, but you just feel that something is wrong in your dream, so that it is shrouded in your dream, such as a hazy sky. And watching this movie, you may also have such a feeling of chest tightness. Just reading the subtitles is enough to make you suffer....

    • By Emory 2022-04-19 09:02:16

      I want to watch a movie, not for the NetEase Open Class! ! !

      3 points.

      1. If I want to study philosophy, I can go to a philosophy book, or go back to the university to study, need he teach me here? The film is not well shot, and the endless lectures are the same as lectures, but the key is not good! Even super-cut cuts like "Mulholland Drive" and "21 Grams" are at least storytelling. What is this movie doing? It's just babble, babble, and if it's like that in front of me, I'll slap him! It's like promoting Amway!

      2. I don't like the...

    • By Adeline 2022-03-25 09:01:11

      Fragments and excerpts

      I like movies that talk about life in such a chatty way. Sure enough, the same director and the male and female starring have the same style. However, this one covers a wider range, not only philosophy, but also the semiotics of science, physics and biology, which is more difficult to understand, but even if you understand it, you don't understand it. Therefore, most people feel that after watching it, "I understand a lot of things, but I still can't live my life."
      Although I also feel...

    • By Kayden 2022-03-25 09:01:11

      A long and short review

      (8.5)

      It's certainly not a movie that's at least watchable, and the level of fragmentation is quite annoying (Woody Allen's talent is not everyone). But it is undeniable that this film also shows the unique magic that animation can have as a form of expression of film. It is said that the production method is to use software to transfer animation after DV shooting. In principle, this is very similar to "My Love in the Stars: The Mystery of the Starry Sky" (this is not considered...

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    • By Gregorio 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      There is no difference between dreams and reality. Every time we wake up from a dream, it is essentially a death. When we die in the so-called reality, it is only one of thousands of...

    • By Fay 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Facts have proved that creativity and pretending, philosophical and long-winded are just a line between...

    • By Hollie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Seeing the appearance of many familiar real people, Ethan and Julie were discussing the separation of souls before dawn, but they came here to talk about the survival time of the complete soul = = Because the content is a bit obscure, and the shaking of the screen will cause comparison Symptoms of drowsiness and hypoxia. You can look at the true meaning of life, because after reading it, you will find how empty you are, because you have to eat, sleep, and live a solid life after you are fully...

    • By Cleta 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Waking life comes a decade after Slack. There are many similarities between the two: a number of seemingly random characters talk about their philosophical views, and both are a sense of emptiness and confusion. Ten years later, the nihilistic ronin becomes a lost dreamer. This is a nightmare that cannot be woken up, and it is still a dream after waking up. The film weaves philosophical speculation and illogicality, while the animated images flow poetically. His body was shaking, and he was...

    • By Kirstin 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      I'm a big fan of Richard, and I'm completely attracted and conquered by love at XX. The animation is so esoteric and the topics are so obscure that I doze off many times, but this kind of chattering dialogue is a form of expression that I love so much. The human mind and mind are really mysterious, and can think about so many different propositions, the meaning of existence, the value of life, and so on. The animation style is peculiar, the shooting method is novel, and the proposition is...

    Movie plot

    A college student (played by Willie Weggis) came to a surreal fantasy world. The city he lives in seems to be Austin, but the rules and order of daily life seem to be completely broken. He wandered from one place to another, constantly encountering strange and weird people. The most interesting thing is that the people he met were talking about some grand and profound topics: from quantum theory to the origin of language, from...
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    Background creation

    Linklater has always been good at organizing a unique cast for the film, and this time is no exception. Many actors are from past works. The starring Willie Weggis is almost unknown, and only played a supporting role in Linklater's "Youth and Frolic". Ethan Hawke and Julie Delby are the leading actors in "Before Sunrise". Their natural and tacit understanding has received a lot of praise. This time they will play the role of that film...
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    Evaluation action

    The unification of the content and form of the film is so perfect that it is hard to imagine that other people can use this method well. Linklater’s natural and casual style is combined with vivid and witty scripts, as well as poetic and impressionistic visual effects.
    The film is a reinterpretation of existential philosophy, warning the audience to be responsible for their lives. But those difficult philosophical issues and the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Speed Levitch: The ongoing WOW is happening right NOW.

    • Alex Jones: "You can't fight city hall." "Death and taxes." "Don't talk about politics or religion." This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda, rolling across the picket line. "Lay down, GI! Lay down, GI!". We saw it all through the 20th Century. And now on the 21st Century, it's time to stand up and realize, that we should NOT allow ourselves to be crammed into this rat maze. We should not SUBMIT to dehumanization. I don't know about you, but I'm concerned with what's happening in this world. I'm concerned with the structure. I'm concerned with the systems of control. Those that control my life, and those that seek to control it EVEN MORE! I want FREEDOM! That's what I want, and that's what YOU should want! It's up to each and every one of us to turn loose of just some of the greed, the hatred, the envy, and yes, the insecurities, because that is the central mode of control, make us feel pathetic, small, so we'll willingly give up our sovereignty, our liberty, our destiny. We have GOT to realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale. Start challenging this corporate slave state! The 21st Century's gonna be a new century! Not the century of slavery, not the century of lies and issues of no significance, of classism and statism, and all the rest of the modes of control... it's gonna be the age of humankind, standing up for something PURE and something RIGHT! What a bunch of garbage, liberal, Democratic, conservative, Republican, it's all there to control you, two sides of the same coin! Two management teams, bidding for control of the CEO job of Slavery Incorporated! The TRUTH is out there in front of you, but they lay out this buffet of LIES! I'm SICK of it, and I'M NOT GONNA TAKE A BITE OUT OF IT! DO YA GOT ME? Resistance is NOT futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, WE'RE NOT A BUNCH OF UNDERACHIEVERS, WE'RE GONNA STAND UP, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HUMAN BEINGS! WE'RE GONNA GET FIRED UP ABOUT THE REAL THINGS, THE THINGS THAT MATTER - CREATIVITY, AND THE *DYNAMIC* *HUMAN* *SPIRIT* THAT REFUSES TO *SUBMIT*! WELL THAT'S IT, that's all I've got to say. It's in your court now.

    • Soap Opera Woman: Excuse me.

      Wiley: Excuse me.

      Soap Opera Woman: Hey. Could we do that again? I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know? I mean, it's like we go through life with our antennas bouncing off one another, continously on ant autopilot, with nothing really human required of us. Stop. Go. Walk here. Drive there. All action basically for survival. All communication simply to keep this ant colony buzzing along in an efficient, polite manner. "Here's your change." "Paper or plastic?' "Credit or debit?" "You want ketchup with that?" I don't want a straw. I want real human moments. I want to see you. I want you to see me. I don't want to give that up. I don't want to be ant, you know?