Waking_Life.avi. Waking Life (Philosophical Films) PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES: Personal identity, free will, appearance/reality CHARACTERS: Unnamed lead character (Wiley Wiggins); other major characters listed below in discussion questions OTHER FILMS BY DIRECTOR RICHARD LINKLATER: Slacker (1991), Dazed and Confused (1993), Before Sunrise (1995), Suburbia (1996), The Newton Boys (1998) SYNOPSIS: “Waking Life” is an animated story about a nameless young man, played by Wiley Wiggins, who finds himself trapped in a continuous series of dreams.
He walks or levitates from one scene to another, listening to a range of theories by philosophers, intellectuals and crackpots. What the Bleep Do We Know!? & What the Bleep!? - Down the Rabbit Hole. What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004)