Waking Life

€uroMeinke · 11-20-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Aww, that's a shame. I really loved it. I liked most of the things you listed. The disconnectedness, the uninvolvement, the fac that most of it didn't move any sort of plot. Just like a dream

You see, I found myself questioning that - becasue while the movie could be described as "dream like" it wasn't like any dream I've ever had.

Usually, my dreams are populated by at least one or two people I know. And my dreams usually involve action and activity rather than discussion. But then, perhaps I dream differently than everyone else.

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Also I should Add, I've got my own ideas about dreams and waking life which may interfer with my ability to accept the story in the film - hampered by some dogma of my own if you will.

Alex · 11-20-2005, 10:43 PM

I must admit I turned it off about halfway through. Not becaues of what it was saying, which was interesting most of the time, but because the animation was driving me nuts.

Just too kinetic. Kind of like why I never watched Dr. Katz when that TV show was on; I don't like having evertyhing in constant movement. It made me tired to watch more than a few minutes (I had spread about half of it out over several sessions before finally just moving on).

The current investment firm commercials using the same animation technique are just about the perfect length for appreciating the form.

In a side note, I was once in a San Francisco bar where the back courtyard was open and the tennants above the bar projected movies out on to the wall at the other side of the courtyard. While I was there they showed Hero and then Waking Life. I hadn't seen it yet and asked what it was because it was escaping me. The person I asked said "Oh, it's that film. You know, the Art Linklater one." That amused me since I was pretty sure that outside of the Disney community there were no people younger than me who would be aware enough of Art Linkletter to make this slip.

11-20-2005, 10:43 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I must admit I turned it off about halfway through. Not becaues of what it was saying, which was interesting most of the time, but because the animation was driving me nuts. Just too kinetic. Kind of like why I never watched Dr. Katz when that TV show was on; I don't like having evertyhing in constant movement. It made me tired to watch more than a few minutes (I had spread about half of it out over several sessions before finally just moving on). The current investment firm commercials using the same animation technique are just about the perfect length for appreciating the form. In a side note, I was once in a San Francisco bar where the back courtyard was open and the tennants above the bar projected movies out on to the wall at the other side of the courtyard. While I was there they showed Hero and then Waking Life. I hadn't seen it yet and asked what it was because it was escaping me. The person I asked said "Oh, it's that film. You know, the Art Linklater one." That amused me since I was pretty sure that outside of the Disney community there were no people younger than me who would be aware enough of Art Linkletter to make this slip.
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