phlosophy in the matrix
On 1999, the weekend before Easter (purpose or no?) the matrix hit movie lovers by surprise. Similar to the star wars culture it started cult viewers into questioning and even believing the story. This film from start to finish comes on strong, promising to give viewers insight on a science fiction world that so narrowly resembles ours. This has brought close examination of this film and its messages, and is the outcome that I hope to derive from my study; the different levels of interpretation of the matrix. Firstly what does the word 'matrix' mean? The above states quite clearly that it basically means 'a womb'. But this simple 6 letter word has somewhat became twisted around the films plot by the Wachowski brothers to mean something on an a lot more 3 dimensionally spiritual level. The backbone of this film relies a lot on the simple question of 'what is the matrix'. This phrase only becomes technologically explained leaving you, on a personal level to subconsciously debate the question. This brings the film into a different light. One that so similarly resembles reality, which puts unstable minds and those who rely on movies to provide a safe haven from the harmful natures of reality, into questioning
Baudrillard states that reality is constantly being eroded and replaced with simulated images. This shows that the Wachowski brothers were so successful in taking you on the journey of their film that people have begun to associate it with there everyday life, that maybe in their mind this film is 'telling the truth'. Besides reinforcing up the influence of Baudrillard on the movie this also backs up my point of the sheer brilliance of the virtually unnoticeable signs implemented by the Wachowski's that, when investigated and taken on a wider note give so much philosophical input into the film. Baudrillard's point is that we have lost the ability to distinguish between what is real and what is not. Ok this does seem absurd to us, a scenario whereby humans are being 'born into bondage' only to be imprisoned in tanks to provide power to machines. But this is not the first time this tale has been broadly told. "Morpheus lacks the knowledge to tell Neo of the history, as Baudrillard states; 'Reality shall be forgotten leaving a mirror of being and appearances' In the Neo and Choi scene, Neo opens the book at the chapter on 'Nihilism'. In creating the matrix the Wachowski brothers have incorporated a vast array of different philosophical, scientifically and bibliographical meanings. The belief in the destruction of authority and that all established authority is corrupt and must be destroyed in order to build a just society"This, in one passage sums up the part to be played by Neo and his purpose as 'the one'.
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Jean Baudrillard,
Nihilism Total,
Sherry Corbett,
AI Acting,
Desert Real,
PHILOSOPHY MATRIX,
Neo Choi,
Simulacra Simulation,
wachowski brothers,
Ansley Ohio,
simulated society,
social mores,
rejection social,
tell neo,
rejection social mores,
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