Waking life!!

**surfsyco37** · 08-29-2012 05:11 AM

A must see movie for everyone here. Watch and the post your thoughts

**cerebralflora** · 08-29-2012 06:49 AM

hate to break it to ya, but i'm pretty sure most people here have at least heard of it.

**Skalm** · 08-30-2012 12:21 AM

It is a very good movie, too bad there aren't more movies like it.

**Robot_Butler** · 08-30-2012 12:24 AM

I love that movie

Anyone interested in lucid dreaming should definitely watch it. I need to re-watch it.

**Skalm** · 08-30-2012 01:57 AM

Its free on the internet, just google it.

**intheworldofnim** · 08-30-2012 02:43 AM

is it better than inception? cause inception really sucked in relation to true dream reality. I'm not saying inception sucked, I quite liked the movie but it wasn't really the dream movie people interested in dreams should go for.

**Sageous** · 08-30-2012 03:41 AM

I never quite warmed up to Waking Life, though I tried several times. Too much conceptual BS clouding an otherwise wonderful concept and series of images and scenes.

Oh, and even so it's way better than Inception, in my opinion.

**cerebralflora** · 08-30-2012 03:54 AM

No comparison with Inception. Inception is a Hollywood action gimmick, whereas Waking Life is a consciousness-exploring work of art from the Austin-based director of Slacker. Slacker revolutionized independent film.

**Sageous** · 08-30-2012 04:26 AM

That director being Richard Linklater, of course.

**Robot_Butler** · 08-30-2012 06:57 PM

I agree that some of the conversations start to ramble a bit into BS territory. I like to think of it as a discussion. I don't agree with everything said, but at least it gets me thinking of interesting topics.

**Schopenhauer** · 09-27-2012 04:53 PM

Agreed. Actually I'd like to think that it's best to expect some BS being sneaked in and take all of it with a bit of salt, so you'll still be able to appreciate the core of it.
It seems like every scene starts with a good and solid insight and from there on rambles straight into the highly speculative. It's just up to you to decide exactly how much you like to agree with.
I like how it contradicts itself.

**Mancon** · 10-01-2012 02:16 PM

Yes, love that movie! Everyone should watch it

**Signet** · 10-02-2012 08:07 AM

Let me put it this way: I've watched it thrice and I'm still getting more out of it?
Oh, yeah. That's a good movie.

**Cenacle** · 06-12-2014 06:34 PM

Being a newbie to the forums here, I did a search and found that many Waking Life threads had occurred here. So I'm picking up on this one. I love Waking Life! Such a fantastic movie.

One bit I often think of is the scene where Linklater is in the movie, talking to Dreamer, playing pinball, they're discussing PK Dick. Linklater tells the Dreamer to . . . just . . . wake . . . up! And he does, but doesn't.

Also, the ending has always struck me as strange, I think of it a lot. The Dreamer returns to the yard of his childhood, and this time can't help himself floating away. Has he been dead all this time? What do you guys think?

**Sageous** · 06-13-2014 12:23 AM

Yes, I always felt that the dreamer was dead throughout the movie, and was struggling -- lucidly-- with the transition to afterlife. But then I am a fan of sleep yoga, so I might have applied a bias to my interpretation (though I don't think so!

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**Cenacle** · 06-13-2014 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sageous

Yes, I always felt that the dreamer was dead throughout the movie, and was struggling -- lucidly-- with the transition to afterlife. But then I am a fan of sleep yoga, so I might have applied a bias to my interpretation (though I don't think so!

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Or it could be something even more mysterious, maybe Linklater doesn't know. It's a lovely ending anyway. And the music in the film!!!! Wonderful!