Movie The Matrix is directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. It
was released in 1999. The movie script can be found here.
Synopsis
Computer programmer Thomas Anderson (played by Keanu Reeves)
has lived double-life as a hacker called "Neo" in the Net. Otherwise
his life is relatively ordinary - in what he thinks is the year
1999 - until he is contacted by the enigmatic Morpheus (Laurence
Fishburne) who leads him into the real world.
In reality, it is 200 years later, and the world has been laid
waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines.
The computers have created a false version of 20th-century life
- a computer simulation called the "Matrix" - to keep the human
slaves satisfied, while the AI machines draw power from the humans.
Morpheus has been searching his entire life for a "chosen one"
to destroy the Matrix, and he believes Neo is it. Neo has his
doubts, but through all his adventures with Morpheus and his crew,
he starts to believe and joins Morpheus and Trinity (Carrie Ann
Moss) in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix.
Finally Neo, who is pursued constantly by "Agents" (computers
who take on human form and infiltrate the Matrix), is hailed as
"The One" who will lead the humans to overthrow the machines and
reclaim the Earth.
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Analysis
- Postmodern
Motifs and Ambience in Cyberpunk Films
- ...on the Example of the Wachowski Brothers' The Matrix. An
essay by Paul "nEo" Martin.
Links & References
- The Matrix Movie Script
- The movie script. This is some older version from year 1996
and has changed a bit before actual filming.
- The Matrix
- What is the Matrix? Official movie site.
- The Matrix Movie
Info
- Movie entry in Internet Movie Database.
- Welcome to the Matrix
- The Unofficial Matrix Page by tridave.
- Matrix
- What the Matrix really is.
