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A contemplative journey unfolds through hand-drawn sketches filmed on the windows of moving trains and buses, embracing a purist manifesto for straight-ahead animation. Discarding planning, storyboards, light boxes, and corrections for the raw energy of the drawn line, the film blends frantic motion with calm reflection, capturing shifting landscapes both internal and external.
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Original Language
EN

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.