The "Waking Life" follows a young man's interactions with deep thinkers and crazys in setting that borders on dream and reality. The first thing you will notice is the animated look and feel. The technique is call interpolated rotoscoping and has been used recently in a Charles Schwab ad campaign as well as 2006's "A Scanner Darkly" (also directed by Richard Linklater). The interpolated rotoscoping only adds to the dream like state of the film but can be a bit nauseating due the separation and random floating of objects in all different directions but after a while I got used to it.
I would recommend this film if you are interested in an experiment in film style or want to explore different philosophies on what dreams are. If a plot is central to enjoying a movie I would pass it by.
3.5 stars out of 5
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