Waking Life
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Movie Reviews of Waking Life
Movie Review: Great movie, great dvd!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hats off to FOX for really putting together a great special edition of this excellent film! The film itself looks great and there's so much extra material here, it will take you a few days to get through it all(if you go without sleep). So far I've only listened to part of the first commentary(with Linklater, Wiley Wiggins and the animation/art director) and it's really interesting. I haven't listened to the second commentary with all the animators, but that sounds cool too. I checked out the animation tests(very neat) and a few other short bits, but there's just so much material! Richard Linklater continues to exhibit his specific and refreshing voice through cinema. This film really stays with you(and I can't say that about too many films these days) long after you've seen it. Very thought provoking and dazzling to watch. Well worth the price.
PS-if you missed it-check out TAPE(the other film Linklater released last year-also good-and the dvd has commentary!).
Movie Review: Eye-opening. Wake up and watch.
Summary: 5 Stars
Now, here's something you don't see every day. Waking Life is a movie that isn't afraid to be smart, but it manages to be sexy at the same time. And the painstakingly crafted visuals are guaranteed to keep you watching long enough to - gasp! - actually have an original thought or two by the time you're all done.
Imagine you're dreaming, and you know you're dreaming, but you can't seem to wake up. What would you do? In the world of Waking Life, you'd free your mind, that's what. The twenty or so teachers you'll encounter here each have a unique message to share. You'll meditate on death, contemplate the future of human evolution, and reject your plateau. And if you do get around to waking up, things may never be the same.
If you're into movies where the person who changes the most at the end is you and not the protagonist, you won't wanna miss Waking Life.
It's a series of holy moments, if you're looking closely.
Movie Review: You Either "Get it" or You Don't
Summary: 5 Stars
And before people jump all over me, I'm not saying that people who don't like it are not intelligent. I'm saying that they don't think in the way this film thinks. I, for one, do enjoy these types of discussions of the mind, and found it a fascinating look at the subconscious. Some of the segments are better than others (my favorite was the biker scene), but they all work into each other and (again, if you are pre-disposed to liking these types of discussions) are very thought-provoking. This is not something to put on in the background, and it's not really something a group of friends would get together and watch (unless you have a group of deep-thinking, open-minded friends who are not easily "bored"). This movie is best enjoyed watching by yourself and really giving thought to the many ideas presented therein. I am not a person who is easily swayed by the things I watch or see, but this movie really did change how I felt about a few subjects of the mind.Movie Review: Novel experience
Summary: 5 Stars
Winner of the National Society of Film Critic's best experimental film, the New York Film Critics Circle's best animated film, the Venice Film Festival's best film, and many others awards, Richard Linklater's arresting "Waking Life" offers a novel movie-going experience. Employing a process called interpolated rotoscoping, Detour Films enlisted a team of artists to digitally trace over live-action film footage, a process yielding shape-shifting and pulsing images that perpetually reconfigure themselves.
Revisiting the non-narrative style of "Slacker," Linklater celebrates inquisitiveness. The story follows the persona of a perplexed seeker of truth (Wiley Wiggins) as he puzzles over whether he is awake or dreaming. Maundering through the streets of Austin, he encounters exponents of various ideas, theories and philosophies; he comes to find meaning in the act of posing questions, striving for answers-exercising one's mind to feel alive.
Movie Review: Modern answer to "Finnegans Wake"?
Summary: 5 Stars
As with the best of Linklater's work, the "plot" here takes a backseat to the real star of the show, the monologue. As such, we'll dispense with the plot. Notice that this is "monologue" not "dialogue". Even in scenes which would seem to portray two or more persons engaged in conversation, there isn't so much give and take as there is one person holding forth, then giving way to let the next fellow have a go. In this way, the director has basically built an all-terrain vehicle of soap-box soliloquy and handed the keys over to all manner of ranters and rhapsodists. So who needs plot?
On my most recent viewing of this favorite of mine, I realized that what was being portrayed was a view of the psychic landscape of humanity, much like Joyce famously portrayed the archetypal day of humanity, through a metaphor of The Dream. Pretentious? You bet. But don't let that deter you. Joyce didn't. Neither has Linklater. Recommended.