This is pretty cool. Yesterday I found out from my Rhetoric instructor that one of the most intriguing films I've ever seen - Richard Linklater's Waking Life - was filmed almost entirely in Austin. A year and a half ago, Angie sent me the VCD from Hong Kong and I remember I invited Weiting to come over to my place and watch it with me. I'm a big fan of Linklater's Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and School of Rock, but I was kind of baffled by Waking Life after seeing it. I think Weiting got a lot more out of it than I did. I think she went home and picked apart the entire screenplay or something.
The movie's basically a collection of vignettes, with dozens of people (including two main characters from Before Sunrise and Before Sunset) musing about philosophy and life, and exploring the question: "Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake-walking through our dreams?" While this would be absolutely riveting for someone like, say, Charles (are you reading this?) I kind of got lost amid all the existentialism talk. The thing I loved most was the animation. The filmmakers used a technique called rotoscoping, in which they animate over live-action film. They shoot an entire movie, then paint over it, frame by frame. Which makes for really interesting, fluid images. Here's a cute scene which I like:
So I watched a bit of it again today, and really enjoyed it, partly because I could pick out specific locations in Austin, like the State Capitol, the Subway below the Castilian, Quack's Bakery and more. There was one scene which was an actual existentialism lecture at UT by the late Professor Robert Solomon. The classroom and hallway looked really familiar. Actually the whole movie had a very Austin-y feel. There are several clips on YouTube if you're interested.
Yeah so watch the movie! It's definitely worth the 1h 40 mins. There are so many characters, and their faces and the backdrops constantly change in color and shape. You'll never get bored. Let me know what you think about it. Or at least watch Before Sunrise and Before Sunset... two of my favorites.
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