# Waking Life (2001)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Richard Linklater
**Written by**: Richard Linklater
**Starring**: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex E. Jones, Steven Soderbergh

> *Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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

**Mood tags**: cerebral, surreal

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