Waking Life
WAKING LIFE (15)
D: Richard Linklater
20th Century Fox/IFC/Thousand Words/Line Research/Detour
(Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer a West & Jonah Smith)
US 2001
100 mins
Animated
W: Richard Linklater
Mus: Glover Hill & Tosca Tango
Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater,
Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Waking Life is an experimental, documentary-style animated feature which uses rotoscope techniques and is pretty much a host of characters having philosophical discussions about what dreams are.
It's either going to be your thing or it isn't. I personally found it all rather pretentious and although I appreciate Richard Linklater as a filmmaker who likes to do things a little different from the norm, this was just far too arty for me.
5/10
