This remarkable film used live-action footage which was subsequently digitally painted to illustrate the main character's journey through his dreams and beyond.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Richard Linklater goes off-kilter with his sixth film Waking Life Without a linear plot line stable images and offering the kind of conversations you normally only find in a University seminar it&39;s clear that Linklater--despite his commercial success with independent films--is determined not move into the mainstream By taking Wiley Wiggins away from his Dazed and Confused life into a dream which has no structure and flitting from one philosophical question to another Linklater presents a filmic discussion into the nature of physical awareness consciousness and unconsciousness that most surrealist artists would be proud of However Linklater goes one step further and removes all notions of the real world by filming the actors then transferring them into animation employing 31 artists to input their vision onto the film The result is a startlingly honest portrayal of the confusion we all face about the difference between life and death dreaming and awareness and the unknown as a whole All the characters Wiggins meets seem to have their own thesis on the unknown just as in life we are all aware or feel differently about our own self In addition there are discussions regarding film as a dream-like form with theorists aligning the sensation of watching a film to that of dreaming taking your own consciousness into the lives of others This is what makes Waking Life such a brave and well-structured film By breaking down the barriers of narrative and reality Linklater has probably made one of the most realistic films in recent history
Richard Linklater writes, directs and stars in this American rotoscoped drama that is made up of a series of meditations on various philosophical topics voiced by a disparate group of young Americans. The film follows an unnamed character (Wiley Wiggins) as he experiences a series of dreams within dreams and encounters a variety of different people, discussing many complex subjects including free will, metaphysics and the meaning of life. The cast also includes Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg and Steven Soderbergh.
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