It all started when I listened to Kirlian Voyager by The Flashbulb. It has an interesting quote that plays in the beginning...
Down through the centuries, the notion that life is wrapped in a dream has been a pervasive theme of philosophers and poets. So doesn't it make sense that death too would be wrapped in dream? That after death, your conscious life would continue in what might be called a dream body? It would be the same dream body you experience in your everyday dream life. Except that in the post-mortal state, you could never again wake up, Never again return to your physical body.
... And it made me really curious as to where that quote was from. And, of course, being so stubborn, I won't just ignore it and live without an answer. So I discovered that it was from a movie called Waking Life.
Since I am not great at describing movies, here's what Wikipedia has to say about the film:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. He initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions of issues such as reality, free will, the relationship of the subject with others, and the meaning of life. Along the way the film touches on other topics including existentialism, situationist politics, posthumanity, the film theory of André Bazin, and lucid dreaming itself.
It's an extremely deep movie with a lot of interesting theories and thoughts and it has really made me start thinking about things. I would definitely suggest that you check it out.
Google Videos LinkMy only complaint is about the style it is made in. It's a very stylized rotoscoped film and the style can be a bit annoying at times. But the dialogue is more than worth it to watch it.
If you don't want to sit through the whole movie, here are a few of my favourite clips.
Lack of a VoiceLike My Waking Life is Her MemoriesFree Will and Physics
