Linklater ("Slacker," "SubUrbia") shot the film on digital video with dozens of actors (some of note, some unknown) playing nameless denizens of the real world and of the kid's subconscious.
Helmer Linklater, known for his Gen-Xer works "Slacker," "Before Sunrise" and "Suburbia," goes the surreal route with his intellectual and artistic look into the world of dreams.
Waking Life really may not seem a film likely to come from Linklater, who directed Slacker, Dazed and Confused, and SubUrbia, but it is an obvious next step in the generation he seems so fond of.