tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post7928479245768250228..comments2023-06-06T11:09:18.464+01:00Comments on Screen Insight: Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2002)simoncolumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-14120498728168444442010-05-02T11:10:16.194+01:002010-05-02T11:10:16.194+01:00@Alfindeol - I'm with you really. Unless lucid...@Alfindeol - I'm with you really. Unless lucid dreams is your thing, I don't care to watch it again and again.<br /><br />@Red Couch - Maybe the use of rotascoping is what makes it 'important' to watch ... when, reality is, sicne then its been done better and used in better stories...<br /><br />@Aiden R. - its worth checking out. Its only a short film but surreal and an interesting talking point post-viewing. i wouldn't buy it though.<br /><br />@Bangor Rep - I like your 'album tracks' analogy. Maybe it would work well in this ipod-culture whereby you can select sections you like and ignore the ones you don't like...simoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-21971378526723316632010-04-30T19:07:58.700+01:002010-04-30T19:07:58.700+01:00oh, ps- that was 'Bangor Rep' :)oh, ps- that was 'Bangor Rep' :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-3586184512929153912010-04-30T19:07:26.416+01:002010-04-30T19:07:26.416+01:00nice! of course, i love the movie and i'm glad...nice! of course, i love the movie and i'm glad you make some interesting points here! i particularly like the point you make about people trying to give a synopsis lol, that always baffles me! "a boy finds himself wandering through a.." it just doesnt make sense!<br />anywho, it does have its flaws- when watching it a few times i find the pacing/consistency is difficult at times. like, when you dont find a certain interaction as interesting and you almost want to go back to others and hear more from them! but i guess the scenes are occasionally so separated they act almost like tracks on an album, and in that it does still strike me as truly fascinating... i think that's all i can find to say on the matter for now. :D good review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-17813330841818557462010-04-29T17:10:44.411+01:002010-04-29T17:10:44.411+01:00I've always heard that this is an awesome movi...I've always heard that this is an awesome movie. Seems totally out there, but I dig that. Will definitely be checking it out. Good review, man.Aiden R.http://ctcmr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-34894628308058822712010-04-29T16:57:32.371+01:002010-04-29T16:57:32.371+01:00On Rotoscope:
Linklater's use of rotoscope gi...On Rotoscope:<br /><br />Linklater's use of rotoscope gives the Platonic style of narrative an intrinsic interest. Waking Life is definitely a philosophical treatise for the new millennium. With the ability to show two people in conversation more interestingly than Plato's written word and Jarmusch's C&C -- now we can absorb the language and concepts while watching technology and art meld in a dialectic synthesis. <br /><br />I love that tech and art are finally intermingling with so much more success than ever before. Waking Life was, as I remember it, the first indie movie to take advantage of that (beyond the tech that is filmmaking of course, and the DV revolution which Linklater helped to usher in anyway).Ruben Romerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328013951571018512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-91735816341805594942010-04-29T06:06:14.041+01:002010-04-29T06:06:14.041+01:00Someone else saw Waking Life... Cool. I didn't...Someone else saw Waking Life... Cool. I didn't terribly care for it. Some of the conversations stand up pretty well on their own, but most of them are pretty mediocre. While I give Linklater props for being daring and making something unique, it's not something I would care to watch again.Alfindeolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607821449627578844noreply@blogger.com