Waking Life

Waking Life

Release Date

2001

Director

  • Richard Linklater

Cast

  • Wiley Wiggins
  • Ethan Hawke
  • Trevor Jack Brooks
  • Lorelei Linklater

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

    Transcending the boundaries of technology and imagination, Waking Life is a revolutionary breakthrough in film animation. In Waking Life, Wiley Wiggins (Dazed and Confused) travels through a series of encounters and observations in a world that may or may not be reality. It is this surreal existence, flourishing with endless ideas and possibilities, that ultimately leads to the question—Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake-walking through our dreams?

    Photo credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures

    Past Programs

    2023

    Why we dream

    Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA