We're watching Waking Life in philosophy right now. If you're into philosophical questions and answers, you should definately see if you can find it.
The whole point of the movie is to look at (among innumerable other things) is "Are we sleep-walking through waking life, or wake-walking through sleeping life?"
The movie was filmed with a digital camera, then a team of artists created artwork over the film. As well as looking amazing anyways, they often put things in the film that accentuate what is being said at the time.
Waking Life revolves around an unnamed man who is presumably in his early twenties. He goes around, jumping from scene to scene, and from conversation to conversation. We never know what he is dreaming or what is real. Each conversation is with someone who is, in actuality, just talking about their most passionate philosophical subject (most is unscripted). Each conversation is filled with profound ideas and theories that make you question both what's happening in the movie and in your own life.
The movie might (will) seem extremely confusing at first. However, once you get used to the style, it's simply amazing.
We're finishing the movie tomorrow, and I hope to find somewhere that carries it to buy it on Sunday (or perhaps I'll wait until next week, depending on my work load).
Has anyone else seen this?
Waking Life
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Axtech
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Waking Life
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
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wow, i havent seen it..but after reading that, I definitely want to. 
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And he can't understand how everyone goes on breathing when true love ends, his mother whispers quietly... heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive
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And he can't understand how everyone goes on breathing when true love ends, his mother whispers quietly... heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive
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Definately the best movie you will ever watch in class.
But be prepared for the people in your class to say things like "That's stupid." "It doesn't make any sense." "I don't get it." "Can we stop watching this?" etc...
But be prepared for the people in your class to say things like "That's stupid." "It doesn't make any sense." "I don't get it." "Can we stop watching this?" etc...
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
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happeningfish wrote:Not in the International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge class
Lucky.
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
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For anyone interested...
This is the official site. Check it out. It's got some clips and stuff:
http://www.wakinglifemovie.com
This is an unofficial site. It's really good if you want to read some of the conversations. Take a look at it too, but ignore the site-owner's "Two Cents":
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte484v/wakinglife.html
I suggest reading Bill Wise (the boat car guy), Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (on many things), John Christensen (on dreams) and Speed Levitch (try reading it with a really high pitched voice, and you'll be in character)
This is the official site. Check it out. It's got some clips and stuff:
http://www.wakinglifemovie.com
This is an unofficial site. It's really good if you want to read some of the conversations. Take a look at it too, but ignore the site-owner's "Two Cents":
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte484v/wakinglife.html
I suggest reading Bill Wise (the boat car guy), Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (on many things), John Christensen (on dreams) and Speed Levitch (try reading it with a really high pitched voice, and you'll be in character)
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
i've seen it..
interesting movie, to say the least...pretty brilliant, too. sad thing is, i didn't get it the time that i watched it...i was tired when i watched it during the summer, so my thinking wasn't up to par (it being summer, and me being tired), and a lot went right over my head. i wish i would have paid more attention to it. i'm contemplating going out and hunting it down again.
but. yes. it's..interesting. not a no brainer by any means, which is definitely a nice change.
interesting movie, to say the least...pretty brilliant, too. sad thing is, i didn't get it the time that i watched it...i was tired when i watched it during the summer, so my thinking wasn't up to par (it being summer, and me being tired), and a lot went right over my head. i wish i would have paid more attention to it. i'm contemplating going out and hunting it down again.
but. yes. it's..interesting. not a no brainer by any means, which is definitely a nice change.
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i've seen it, twice. the first time i was high (what better movie to watch while stoned?), and i thought it was cool so i watched it again.
i actually thought it was more then a little pretentious more then a little bit of the time. it was, obviously, visually stunning, but some of the conversations were nothing more then a lot of noise without actually saying anything.
such is the nature of metaphysics, unfortunately.
i actually thought it was more then a little pretentious more then a little bit of the time. it was, obviously, visually stunning, but some of the conversations were nothing more then a lot of noise without actually saying anything.
such is the nature of metaphysics, unfortunately.
sounds intriguing
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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If I went to the International Academy I would've got an IB. But nooo, I wanted to be normal. Fuck Harvard.
!EMiLY!
sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know
sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know
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happeningfish wrote:Axtech wrote:happeningfish wrote:Not in the International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge class
Lucky.
Crazy.
You're crazy for taking the workload, but lucky to be around intellectual equals (or at least close to it).
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
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Better than people who know they aren't intelligent, but still feel the need to grace the class with their own brand of insight and wit.
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
amen to that
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
Re: Waking Life
I've been eager to see this film for a while. I'll hopefully get to that soon enough.