Waking Life

Waking Life
Waking Life
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Linklater
Written by	Richard Linklater
Produced by	Palmer West; Jonah Smith; Tommy Pallotta; Anne Walker-McBay;
Starring	Wiley Wiggins
Cinematography	Richard Linklater; Tommy Pallotta;
Edited by	Sandra Adair
Music by	Glover Gill
Production; companies	Independent Film Channel Productions; Thousand Words; Flat Black Films; Detour Filmproduction;
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	January 23, 2001 (Sundance); October 19, 2001 (United States);
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$3.2 million

Waking Life is a 2001 American rotoscoped animated film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film explores a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of reality, dreams and lucid dreams, consciousness, the meaning of life, free will, and existentialism.^[3] The series of insightful philosophical discussions at the core of the film are progressed by a young man who wanders through a succession of dreamlike realities wherein he encounters a series of interesting characters.

The entire film was digitally rotoscoped. It contains several parallels to Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reprise their characters from the 1995 Before Sunrise in one scene.^[4]^[5] Waking Life premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on October 19, 2001, where it received critical acclaim;^[6] however, it underperformed at the box office.

^ "WAKING LIFE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 19, 2001. Archived from the original on October 10, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
^ "Waking Life (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
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[1] "WAKING LIFE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 19, 2001. Archived from the original on October 10, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

[2] "Waking Life (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2010.

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