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Samenvatting

Waking Life volgt de dromen van een man, en zijn pogingen om het verschil tussen het echte leven en de droomwereld te ontdekken. Terwijl hij probeert wakker te worden ontmoet hij veel verschillende personen.
Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream(s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? The film does not answer all these for us. Instead, it inspires us to ask the questions and find the answers ourselves.

Credits

Trevor Jack Brooks	...	Young Boy Playing Paper Game
Lorelei Linklater	...	Young Girl Playing Paper Game
Wiley Wiggins	...	Main Character
Glover Gill	...	Accordion Player
Lara Hicks	...	Violin Player
Ames Asbell	...	Viola Player
Leigh Mahoney	...	Viola Player
Sara Nelson	...	Cello Player
Jeanine Attaway	...	Piano Player
Erik Grostic	...	Bass Player
Bill Wise	...	Boat Car Guy
Robert C. Solomon	...	Philosophy Professor
Kim Krizan	...	Herself
Eamonn Healy	...	Shape-Shifting Man
J.C. Shakespeare	...	Burning Man
Ethan Hawke	...	Jesse
Julie Delpy	...	Celine
Charles Gunning	...	Angry Man in Jail
David Sosa	...	Himself
Alex Jones	...	Man in Car with P.A.
Otto Hofmann	...	Himself
Aklilu Gebrewold	...	Himself
Carol Dawson	...	Coffee Shop Chatter
Lisa Moore	...	Coffee Shop Chatter
Steve Fitch	...	Chimpanzee
Louis Mackey	...	Himself
Alex Nixon	...	Man Writing a Novel at the Bar
Violet Nichols	...	Woman Talking to the Novel Writer
Steven Prince	...	Man Talking to the Bartender
Ken Webster	...	Bartender
Mary McBay	...	Woman on TV
Kregg A. Foote	...	Man on TV
Jason T. Hodge	...	Man with the Long Hair
Guy Forsyth	...	Himself
John Christensen	...	Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams
Caveh Zahedi	...	Himself
David Jewell	...	Man Talking to Caveh
Adam Goldberg	...	One of Four Men
Nicky Katt	...	One of Four Men
Jason Liebrecht	...	One of Four Men (as E. Jason Liebrecht)
Brent Green	...	One of Four Men
RC Whittaker	...	Man on the Lamppost
Hymie Samuelson	...	Mr. Debord
David Martínez	...	Man on the Train (as David Martinez)
Ryan Power	...	Young Disappearing Guy
Tiana Hux	...	Soap Opera Woman
Timothy 'Speed' Levitch	...	Himself (as Speed Levitch)
Steve Brudniak	...	Goatee Man
Marta Banda	...	Friendly Girl
Steven Soderbergh	...	Interviewed on television
Charles Murdock	...	Old Man
Mona Lee Fultz	...	Quiet Woman at Restaurant (as Mona Lee)
Edith Mannix	...	Older Artist in the Park
Bess Cox	...	Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait
Louis Black	...	Kierkegaard Disciple
Richard Linklater	...	Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat