Being one of history’s most iconic films, The Matrix can be read as an allegory for many things. While most theories focus on its relation to themes like capitalism and technological advancement, its creator Lilly Wachowski views The Matrix as a reflection of their own experience coming out as transgender.
The story of The Matrix should be familiar not only to those who have seen it, but to everyone, since the film essentially repackages one of mankind’s oldest and most persistent tales: someone finding themselves. In The Matrix, a hacker named Neo discovers that his world is actually a computer simulation, and realizes his heretofore unfulfilled potential braving the wilds of this new frontier.
In a recent episode of the Netflix Film Club, a series which documents the world’s most-watched movies, Lilly Wachowski recalled how making the pic helped others find themselves, saying:
“They come up to...
The story of The Matrix should be familiar not only to those who have seen it, but to everyone, since the film essentially repackages one of mankind’s oldest and most persistent tales: someone finding themselves. In The Matrix, a hacker named Neo discovers that his world is actually a computer simulation, and realizes his heretofore unfulfilled potential braving the wilds of this new frontier.
In a recent episode of the Netflix Film Club, a series which documents the world’s most-watched movies, Lilly Wachowski recalled how making the pic helped others find themselves, saying:
“They come up to...
- 8/5/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
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