Waking Life

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Movie
German title Waking Life
Original title Waking Life
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2001
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Richard Linklater
script Richard Linklater
production Tommy Pallotta ,
Jonah Smith ,
Anne Walker-McBay ,
Palmer West
music Glover Gill
camera Tommy Pallotta ,
Richard Linklater
cut Sandra Adair
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Waking Life is a film directed by Richard Linklater from the year 2001 . The film was first shot with actors and then completely digitally edited. The optics are similar to that of an animation film (see rotoscopy ). On July 4th, 2002 it was released in German-speaking cinemas. Since April 2012 it has been available on DVD in free trade.

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Waking Life tells the story of a young man who dreams. During his dream , he meets many characters who over the free will , about human existence, about the perception , about the reality and many other topics philosophize . There is also a lot of talk about existentialism and its misinterpretations. As the main character travels through his dream, he notices that he is dreaming and cannot wake up. He talks to other characters about lucid dreaming . Throughout the film it is unclear what exactly is happening to the main character and why he is in this dream.

History of origin

The entire film was recorded with a digital video camera and then changed on the computer by a team of artists (see rotoscopy ). This process is reminiscent of the films by director Ralph Bakshi from the 1970s, with the difference that Bakshi strived for the classic cartoon style, while Linklater's process aimed more towards graphic alienation and in this respect is more similar to some films from the 60s and 70s, their alienation through Copying techniques and interventions in film chemistry emerged.

Reviews

"Only in the new animation form of overpainted video recordings is this philosophical youth film completed with a variety of reference systems."

- Lexicon of international film

“There is no other work in the history of animation that cares so little about the classic, negative definition of the profession, which typically comes from Max Fleischer: 'If it can happen in real life, then it's not an animation.' Everything that 'Waking Life' says can happen in real life. More than that: what happens in this film has happened to everyone before. His protagonists talk about life and death for a hundred minutes, they develop their individual approaches to the human condition, often banal, sometimes profound, in monologues or dialogues, on cinema screens and on television, in the pub or in bed. "

- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Awards

The film was nominated for many awards, mainly because of its technical characteristics. The winner is Waking Life the National Society of Film Critics Award for "Best Experimental film," the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Animated Film" and CinemAvvenire Award at the Film Festival in Venice for "Best Film". The film was also nominated for the Golden Lion, the main award at this film festival. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film for the Online Film Critics Society Awards , but had to admit defeat by Shrek - The Daredevil Held .

Web links

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  1. ^ Waking Life. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 30, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ cf. The animation takes up the life of Andreas Platthaus, in: faz.net, July 3, 2002