Waking Life
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- Synopsis
- Richard Linklater returned to the semi-improvised approach and philosophical themes of his debut feature Slacker while embracing a new and groundbreaking visual technology in his sixth feature film, Waking Life....
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- Director(s)
- Richard Linklater
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min.
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Critic Reviews
Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites
Intriguing, arresting, delightfully refusing to be pigeonholed.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
I have seen Waking Life three times now. I want to see it again -- not to master it, or even to remember it better, -- but simply to experience all of these ideas, all of this passion, the very act of trying to figure things out.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
An amazing thing -- a work of cinematic art in which form and structure pursues the logic-defying (parallel) subjects of dreaming and moviegoing.Read the full review
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Headlines
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Film: AVQ&A:Pop-culture pilgrimages
01/07/10 Does crossing the country to meet someone count? | The A.V. Club -
Books: AVQ&A:Best personal pop-culture experiences of the decade
12/17/09 Most of the best times I've had interacting with pop culture in my adult life have involved organizing marathon viewing parties for friends: for instance, when the box set of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon came out in 2006, we got a bunch of sugary cereals to simulate the Saturday-morning viewing experience, then invited over a bunch of role-players to watch a handful of episodes. | The A.V. Club -
The PhilmGuy’s Top 10 Movies Of The Year & Decade
12/16/09 Waking Life (2001) : Richard Linklater's rotoscoped philosophical opus remains the greatest movie ever made. 2. | OK! Magazine -
Review: 'Me and Orson Welles' has the snappy wryness but not the heft of Welles
11/24/09 As an icon prone to caricature, Orson Welles ranks right up there with Truman Capote and Ray Charles. | JAM! Showbiz -
Film: Newswire:Richard Linklater to direct Obama-inspired (sorta) romantic comedy
07/29/09 Richard Linklater, the director behind Waking Life , Before Sunrise , and, let's be frank, the Billy Bob-powered Bad News Bears , is taking a crack at a new romantic comedy. | The A.V. Club -
DVD: Review: DVDs In Brief: June 24, 2009
06/23/09 The concept of an animated documentary—much less one as serious as an inquiry into mass murder in the 1982 Lebanon War—was enough to win Ari Folman's overrated Waltz With Bashir (Sony) a competition slot at Cannes and plenty of raves for its audacity and originality. | The A.V. Club -
DVD: Review: Inning By Inning: A Portrait Of A Coach
06/16/09 By some wonderful cosmic coincidence, Augie Garrido, the winningest baseball coach in Division 1 NCAA history, happens to manage the University Of Texas Longhorns in Austin, the hometown team of director Richard Linklater. | The A.V. Club -
Hawke to Give Fall Fete to Linklater in Woodstock
05/01/09 Academy Award-nominated director Richard Linklater will be honored with the 2009 Maverick Award at the Woodstock Film Festival this Autumn. | indieWIRE -
Film: South By Southwest: Film: Day 2, or, People Want To Eat This Family
03/15/09 Steven Prince, a fast-talking Long Islander, can tell stories. | The A.V. Club -
Capone dances with WALTZ WITH BASHIR creator Ari Folman!!!
01/20/09 There's a film about to open wide in many markets this week that seems almost so timely that it borders on creepy that it's coming out right now. | Ain't It Cool News
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