Waking Life

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Peter G An amazing, insightful, delightful trip! I had to pick up a physical copy of this. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/02/24 Full Review Taiven L By far the most pretentious, self-fellating film I have ever seen. I created an account just to rate this one movie, that's how bad it was. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Solomon K One of the best esoteric, philosophical movies I've ever seen, but I would say you'd have to be in the right mindset to watch it. I still remember the part about how in a lucid dream light switches don't work, and from experience, they don't. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/23 Full Review Anna F The conversations were amazing, but what the "artists" did to these conversations…let's just say at best it was distracting, at worst insulting and entirely counterproductive. This movie would have been better as an audiobook. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/15/23 Full Review Kairi R Would rate a zero if I could. It was not nearly as profound as everyone proclaims it to be. I had to watch it for a philosophy class and was hoping to get the thought provoking interesting movie everyone seems to be talking but instead got a boring movie. With very surface level discussions about philosophy and life I genuinely feel dumber after watching this movie. It felt overly pretentious. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/23 Full Review Jackson87 "Waking Life" is an extraordinary masterpiece of a film that defies classification and challenges the very nature of what it means to be alive. Directed by Richard Linklater, this film is a stunning work of art that seamlessly blends animation and live-action footage to create a visual and philosophical feast for the senses. The film follows a young man named Wiley Wiggins as he drifts through a series of dream-like encounters with various characters, all of whom offer unique perspectives on the nature of existence, consciousness, and reality itself. The film is a deep exploration of the human experience, with profound insights that will leave you pondering long after the credits have rolled. The animation style of the film is truly breathtaking. Each frame is a work of art in its own right, with vibrant colors and complex visual patterns that capture the surreal nature of the dream world. The use of rotoscoping, a technique in which live-action footage is traced over and transformed into animation, adds an extra layer of depth and texture to the film. But "Waking Life" is not just visually stunning; it's also a deeply philosophical work that explores some of the most fundamental questions of human existence. The film is filled with fascinating discussions about the nature of consciousness, the meaning of life, and the relationship between dreams and reality. Overall, "Waking Life" is an incredible cinematic achievement that will leave you both mesmerized and intellectually stimulated. It's a film that will stay with you long after you've watched it, and one that you'll find yourself returning to again and again to uncover new insights and revelations. Highly recommended for anyone who loves thought-provoking films that push the boundaries of what cinema can achieve. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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