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Original title

Waking Life

Year

2001

Running time

97 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Linklater

Screenwriter

Richard Linklater

Cast

Music

Glover Gill

Cinematography

Animation

Producer

Fox Searchlight

Genre

Animation. Drama | Surrealism. Adult Animation. Cult movie. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

An anonymous protagonist has conversations with different people who seem to enter and leave his life arbitrarily. One phrase, "dream is destiny", expresses the basic idea of the film: to dare to enter the uncontrollable world of dreams, as exciting as it is disturbing and dark, and to allow oneself to enjoy the eternal moment it lasts to the full.

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Rankings Position

#19 Best Animated Works for Adults
#44 Best Animated Movies
#136 Best Movies of the 21st century

Awards: 2001: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Animated Film

2001: Independent Spirit Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Film

2001: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Picture

2001: Venice Film Festival: nominated to Golden Lion - Best Picture.

2001: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Experimental Film Award.

2001: Critics' Choice Awards: nominated to Best Animated Feature.

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Critics' reviews

"The film is truly special, truly different -- a wondrous talky roundelay about and for people who love life."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"An astounding, one-of-a-kind movie"

Peter Rainer: Vulture
"For the battered American independent cinema, Linklater's movie is the highest form of life seen in the last couple of years"

David Denby: The New Yorker
"I have seen Waking Life three times now. I want to see it again -- not to master it, or even to remember it better, -- but simply to experience all of these ideas, all of this passion, the very act of trying to figure things out."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"A smart cartoon about the life of the mind. It's about the fuzzy border between dreaming and living. "

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"Intriguing, arresting, delightfully refusing to be pigeonholed"

Jay Carr: Boston Globe
"So verbally dexterous and visually innovative that you can't absorb it unless you have all your wits about you. And even then, you may want to see it again to enjoy its subtle humor and warm humanity."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
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41 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (61)
95 The Weirdest Movies I Have Ever Watched (47)

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