Waking Life Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental
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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. Linklater and cameraman Tommy_Pallotta shot the film on location in Austin, TX, using digital video equipment. Linklater and digital animator Bob_Sabiston then used newly developed computer software to transform the images through a process called "interpolated rotoscoping"; the result merges the naturalism of live action with a stylized look that resembles a cartoon or a painting in motion. Waking Life's flexible, non-narrative approach follows a young man (Wiley_Wiggins) who arrives in Austin and hitches a ride with a stranger, who engages him in a conversation about rarely considered facets of existentialism. As the visitor drifts through the city, he encounters a variety of people and finds himself absorbing their views on art, philosophy, society, and numerous other issues of contemporary life. Linklater's cast is dotted with well-known actors (Ethan_Hawke, Julie_Delpy, Adam_Goldberg, Nicky_Katt) and pop-culture notables (filmmaker Steven_Soderbergh, Martin_Scorsese associate Steven_Prince, comic Louis_Black), alongside a large number of relatively little-known players. Waking Life received its world premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival; Linklater's next film, Tape, was also screened at the same festival. Mark Deming, Rovi
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