Review of Waking Life (2001) by Lynda M — 04 Jul 2009
The protagonist in Waking Life encounters a steady stream of philosophers throughout the film, each offering a new rambling rumination on the next philosophical concept on the film's checklist. It's always interesting, to be sure, and the animation technique translates the dreamworld landscape really intriguingly, but there is only so much talking one can fill a movie with before the words begin to droop and lose significance.
Like an early talker tells the protagonist: "Words are inert symbols; they're dead." The heady musings hit a ceiling after a while, never transcended or given weight by any story.
This review of Waking Life (2001) was written by Lynda M on 04 Jul 2009.
Waking Life has generally received very positive reviews.
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