542 Oakwood in Sacramento is the eventual destination of Ben, the protagonist of "Waking." But it also is a stop along the way in a journey into the Twilight Zone.
There was an interesting fantasy structure to the film that included the imagined scenes between Ben and Nadia. Prior to the concluding scene, they only meet on only one occasion and all of the other encounters are in dreams.
There was an interesting set of characters that included two therapists: Jonathan, Ben's prospective father-in-law, and Dr. Hinton, Ben's mother. As the narrative unfolds, Ben is engaged to be married to Jonathan's daughter Amy.
That is, until Amy discovers Ben's text messages to Nadia on his cell phone. When Amy breaks off the engagement and he is fired by Jonathan, Ben sets off from Los Angeles to Sacramento in search of Nadia while on his bicycle!
The filmmakers failed to explore the fantasy dimension of the film. The plot detail about the dog tags suggested that Ben's service in the army ended the moment when his sergeant urged him to get the tags to the woman of Ben's dreams.
Did Ben die in combat? The film's ending was inclusive and included a too much of a "feel good" approach to a film where Ben's next and final stop was 542 Oakwood in a land where no one is ever the same: the Twilight Zone.
There was an interesting fantasy structure to the film that included the imagined scenes between Ben and Nadia. Prior to the concluding scene, they only meet on only one occasion and all of the other encounters are in dreams.
There was an interesting set of characters that included two therapists: Jonathan, Ben's prospective father-in-law, and Dr. Hinton, Ben's mother. As the narrative unfolds, Ben is engaged to be married to Jonathan's daughter Amy.
That is, until Amy discovers Ben's text messages to Nadia on his cell phone. When Amy breaks off the engagement and he is fired by Jonathan, Ben sets off from Los Angeles to Sacramento in search of Nadia while on his bicycle!
The filmmakers failed to explore the fantasy dimension of the film. The plot detail about the dog tags suggested that Ben's service in the army ended the moment when his sergeant urged him to get the tags to the woman of Ben's dreams.
Did Ben die in combat? The film's ending was inclusive and included a too much of a "feel good" approach to a film where Ben's next and final stop was 542 Oakwood in a land where no one is ever the same: the Twilight Zone.