2001 1h 41m Richard Linklater

Waking Life

Name: Waking Life
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise

★ 7.6 IMDb

Animation Drama Fantasy

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Writer Richard Linklater

Cast Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise

DP Tommy Pallotta

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Good Vibrations (WAKING LIFE) by Jonathan Rosenbaum Tango for a dream: narrative liminality and musical sensuality in Richard Linklater's Waking Life by Danijela Kulezic-Wilson, Alphaville

On Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater by Michael Koresky, Reverse Shot Open Spaces [THE NEWTON BOYS] by Jonathan Rosenbaum Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors Series) by Daniel Cape, Screening the Past

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature