Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream(s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? The film does not answer all these for us. Instead, it inspires us to ask the questions and find the answers ourselves.
| Release Date: | Jan 2001 |
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| Genre: | Mystery / Fantasy / Drama / Animation |
| Awards: | 5 wins & 14 nominations |
| Cast: | Trevor Jack Brooks (Young Boy Playing Paper Game), Lorelei Linklater (Young Girl Playing Paper Game), Wiley Wiggins (Main Character), Glover Gill (Accordion Player), Lara Hicks (Violin Player), Ames Asbell (Viola Player), Leigh Mahoney (Viola Player), Sara Nelson (Cello Player), Jeanine Attaway (Piano Player), Erik Grostic (Bass Player), Bill Wise (Boat Car Guy), Robert C. Solomon (Philosophy Professor), Kim Krizan (Herself), Eamonn Healy (Shape-Shifting Man), J.C. Shakespeare (Burning Man) |