The film was filmed by director and screenwriter Richard Linklater using DV live action and "animated" with software. Director Steven Soderbergh also appeared in the film. Young student Willie Wiggins got such a prophecy from his little friend in his childhood: "Dream is destiny." When he grew up, he came to a strange city in a trance. Willie walks through the streets and alleys, experiencing a variety of magical experiences, as if traveling through different dreams.
The film uses revolutionary methods to create animation effects, and tries out novel filmmaking techniques. Real-time shooting is transformed into animation, and it is accompanied by large monologues or dialogues to express philosophical propositions, like soothing words, wise and enlightening. , Full of suspense and imaginative. The color of the film is simplified, the lines and color blocks squirm like waves, the vision is bright and the image is vivid.
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