Waking Life has been called visionary, brilliant and alive and it truly is all of these. I honestly spent most of the movie marveling at the creative approach -- a digitally shot and edited film painted over with vibrant animation. In other words, it's fascinating to consider a character's subtle hand gestures as belonging to the original performance itself, and simultaneously witness the animators' palette and brushstrokes in his/her version of the edited film. Waking Life is a collaborative filmmaking achievement of profound philosophical muse, character development and improvisation, and an onslaught of stimulating line and color. Do not miss this film.
That said, my only complaint is that I felt overwhelmed. Oh, to be overwhelmed more often than underwhelmed, but the bombardment of ideas and art in Waking Life did have a negative effect. I wanted to see it again right away as much as I wanted to take a year or two off from it first.
That said, my only complaint is that I felt overwhelmed. Oh, to be overwhelmed more often than underwhelmed, but the bombardment of ideas and art in Waking Life did have a negative effect. I wanted to see it again right away as much as I wanted to take a year or two off from it first.