Waking Life

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Waking Life is a 2001 animated philosophical film directed by Richard Linklater that explores lucid dreaming and existential questions through a series of surreal, dialogue-driven vignettes.

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Waking Life canonical 6

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instanceOf film ⓘ
philosophical film ⓘ
animationTechnique digital rotoscope animation ⓘ
rotoscoping ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sandy Boone ⓘ
Tommy Pallotta ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Richard Linklater ⓘ
distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
editor Sandra Adair ⓘ
exploresConcept afterlife ⓘ
determinism ⓘ
dream versus reality ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
nature of consciousness ⓘ
featuresAppearanceBy Ethan Hawke ⓘ
Julie Delpy ⓘ
Richard Linklater ⓘ
featuresCharacter Wiley Wiggins ⓘ
genre animation ⓘ
drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
philosophical film ⓘ
hasMetafictionalElements true ⓘ
hasSurrealElements true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme consciousness ⓘ
dreams ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
identity ⓘ
lucid dreaming ⓘ
philosophy of life ⓘ
motionPictureRating R ⓘ
musicBy Glover Gill ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue-driven ⓘ
vignette structure ⓘ
notableFor extensive philosophical monologues ⓘ
innovative rotoscope animation style ⓘ
premiereEvent Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
premiereYear 2001 ⓘ
producer Anne Walker-McBay ⓘ
releaseYear 2001 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
setting Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin
stars Wiley Wiggins ⓘ
writer Richard Linklater ⓘ

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Julie Delpy → starredIn → Waking Life ⓘ
Richard Linklater → notableWork → Waking Life ⓘ
John Sloss → notableWork → Waking Life ⓘ
Anne Walker-McBay → notableWork → Waking Life ⓘ
Sandra Adair → notableWork → Waking Life ⓘ
Sandra Adair → editedFilm → Waking Life ⓘ