Waking Life
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Waking Life is a 2001 animated philosophical film directed by Richard Linklater that explores lucid dreaming and existential questions through a series of surreal, dialogue-driven vignettes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waking Life canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6700271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waking Life Context triple: [Julie Delpy, starredIn, Waking Life]
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A.
Talk to Her
Talk to Her is a 2002 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar that explores themes of love, loneliness, and communication through the intertwined lives of two men caring for women in comas.
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B.
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 surreal drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman that follows a theater director whose increasingly elaborate stage production blurs the boundaries between art, reality, and identity.
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C.
The Fountain
The Fountain is a 2006 science fiction romantic drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky that intertwines three narratives across time to explore themes of love, mortality, and the quest for eternal life.
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D.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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E.
Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis is a collection of interconnected novellas by Stephen King that blend coming-of-age drama with supernatural and Dark Tower–related elements set against the backdrop of mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waking Life Target entity description: Waking Life is a 2001 animated philosophical film directed by Richard Linklater that explores lucid dreaming and existential questions through a series of surreal, dialogue-driven vignettes.
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A.
Talk to Her
Talk to Her is a 2002 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar that explores themes of love, loneliness, and communication through the intertwined lives of two men caring for women in comas.
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B.
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 surreal drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman that follows a theater director whose increasingly elaborate stage production blurs the boundaries between art, reality, and identity.
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C.
The Fountain
The Fountain is a 2006 science fiction romantic drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky that intertwines three narratives across time to explore themes of love, mortality, and the quest for eternal life.
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D.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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E.
Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis is a collection of interconnected novellas by Stephen King that blend coming-of-age drama with supernatural and Dark Tower–related elements set against the backdrop of mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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philosophical film ⓘ |
| animationTechnique |
digital rotoscope animation
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rotoscoping ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Sandy Boone
NERFINISHED
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Tommy Pallotta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Richard Linklater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Sandra Adair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
afterlife
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determinism ⓘ dream versus reality ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ nature of consciousness ⓘ |
| featuresAppearanceBy |
Ethan Hawke
NERFINISHED
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Julie Delpy NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Linklater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Wiley Wiggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animation
ⓘ
drama ⓘ independent film ⓘ philosophical film ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasSurrealElements | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consciousness
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dreams ⓘ existentialism ⓘ free will ⓘ identity ⓘ lucid dreaming ⓘ philosophy of life ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Glover Gill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
dialogue-driven
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vignette structure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive philosophical monologues
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innovative rotoscope animation style ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| producer | Anne Walker-McBay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| setting | Austin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars | Wiley Wiggins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Richard Linklater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Waking Life Description of subject: Waking Life is a 2001 animated philosophical film directed by Richard Linklater that explores lucid dreaming and existential questions through a series of surreal, dialogue-driven vignettes.
Referenced by (3)
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