This film was overlooked by most Americans and odds are good that you have never heard of it. If you have seen it, I guarantee that you either loved it or hated it. The reason this movie polarizes audiences so much is that it is a very different and non-traditional film. It has no plot, strange and complicated dialogue, and a visual style that is, at times, disorienting. The movie follows the experiences of a young man, who is never named, as he wanders through a dream having, and sometimes just listening to, philosophical conversations about the nature of life, dreams, consciousness and existence. If that isn’t weird enough for you, the whole film is shot in a strange animated photography format; that is, the movie was filmed like normal on digital video with real actors and locations and then recreated by a computer paint program. The result is a very trippy, dreamlike visual quality that adds to the overall effect of walking through a dream. I found the conversations extremely interesting and thought provoking and I was very intrigued by the idea of knowingly and consciously walking through a dream and exploring the back corners of your brain. Waking Life is a unique film experience to say the least and I seem to find something new every time I see it. It is definitely worth checking out if you consider yourself an intellectual or are at least curious about what is really going on when you are dreaming.