Waking Life

Austin streets at dusk a saxophone plays. A young man floats through conversations, strangers' faces, and fragmented ideas. Linklater's experimentation peaks here.

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Richard Linklater directed Waking Life in 2001. See Richard Linklater's full filmography, where to start with Richard Linklater, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Linklater.

Waking Life was released in 2001 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.