Waking Life (2001)

Directors

Richard Linklater

Cast

Wiley Wiggins, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Ken Webster, Adam Goldberg, Steven Soderbergh, Bill Wise, Charles Gunning, Caveh Zahedi

The story

An unnamed young man lives an ethereal existence that lacks transitions between everyday events and eventually progresses toward an existential crisis. He observes quietly but later participates actively in philosophical discussions involving other characters—ranging from quirky scholars and artists to everyday restaurant-goers and friends—about such issues as metaphysics, free will, social philosophy, and the meaning of life. Other scenes do not include the protagonist but rather focus on an isolated person, a group of people, or a couple engaging in such topics from a disembodied perspective.

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