Plot
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.
Written by
Richard Linklater
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Independent Film Channel, Detour Filmproduction, Flat Black Films, Thousand Words, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Line Research
Languages
English
Awards
5 wins & 21 nominations total