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Waking Life (2001)
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Waking Life is a film that never settles down. Or maybe it never wakes up. Regardless, Richard Linklater's animated meditation seems to strike a perfect balance between the plotless meanderings of Slacker and the unquenchable knowledge-seeking of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Any way you look at it, this is a weird, original movie. As he attempts to figure out what separates dreams from reality, the protagonist (Dazed and Confused's Wiley Wiggins) hears an earful from everyone he stumbles upon. Ramblings range from the scholarly (Linklater's former college professor Robert C. Solomon gives a monologue) to the...
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Richard Linklater ('Dazed and Confused', 'The School of Rock') explores the world of dreams in this sometimes tedious but mostly inspired animated film. Not just for stoners, this film is a soul-searching exploration through the eyes of a young man. Linklater is famous for his dialogue, check out 'Slacker' and the...
(complete Waking Life review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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