Before seeing waking life, i was already a huge Linklater fan. Before sunset, Before sunrise and even Dazed and Confused, had already established him as an incredibly skilled director who was capable of crafting great movies dealing with important issues by writing extremely believable dialogs. And i think that is the key of my liking of this director in particular, his style of directing and, more specifically, his dialog seems so fresh and effortless, that you almost feel interacting with the characters in his movies. Waking life is no exception. In waking life we find ourselves going through a journey of self-discovery of the protagonist, who is traveling from dream to dream meeting and talking to all kinds of people about all kinds of subjects. The movie is based on the concept of lucid dreams, which is a state in which you know that you are dreaming, which practically enables you to wander and analyze and interpret every knowledge, experience or thoughts that you might have in an incomparable depth. That is exactly what the character does in his journey, he talks with all the people he meets in his dreams about subjects we all think about but rarely deal with them in such a great depth. As i said earlier in those conversations you can see the genius of Richard Linklater, because he presents this major philosophical subjects as things we all think about on day to day basis. The dialog is so engaging that you almost feel inside this dreams. Although the leading character doesn't have much dialog, i think it is done on purpose, because it enabled me to feel as if i was experiencing these dreams from first hand. The visuals of the movie are stunning, the animation that Linklater uses is beautifully confusing and unstable, just like dreams are. Is almost a therapeutically experience, every time i see it, it feels that way. It is an excellent movie, and i highly recommend it. Great direction, Great movie
Review of Waking Life
