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Scene from the 1990 film Total Recall. Historians of film note that the trope of a "red pill" as decisive in a return to reality made its first appearance in the 1990 film Total Recall, which has a scene where the hero (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is asked to swallow a red pill in order to symbolize his desire to return to reality from a dream-like fantasy.
The Matrix franchise was further expanded through the production of comic books, video games and an animated anthology film, The Animatrix, with which the Wachowskis were heavily involved. The franchise has also inspired books and theories expanding on some of the religious and philosophical ideas alluded to in the films.
The "Matrix" and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real by William Irwin (Open Court, 2002) ISBN 0-8126-9502-X; More Matrix and Philosophy by William Irwin (Open Court, 2005) ISBN 0-8126-9572-0; Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the "Matrix" Trilogy by Matt Lawrence (Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 1-4051-2524-1
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The Matrix Revisited DVD cover Directed by Josh Oreck Produced by Eric Matthies Starring The Wachowskis Joel Silver Keanu Reeves Distributed by Warner Home Video Release date November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20) Running time 123 minutes Country United States Language English The Matrix Revisited is a 2001 American documentary film about the production of the 1999 film The Matrix. It was released on ...
Stephen Faller writes in his 2004 book Beyond the Matrix that Christianity is the most dominant religious theme in the Matrix films and that "Zion is biblically regarded as the city of God". [1] The 2005 book Philosophers Explore the Matrix writes that "The last remaining human city, Zion, [is] synonymous in Judaism and Christianity with (the ...
Matrixism is inspired by the Matrix trilogy and its associated stories (including The Animatrix). [7] However, these stories are not the sole foundation. The ideals of Matrixism can be traced back to the early 20th century to The Promulgation of Universal Peace , the record of talks by `Abdu'l-Bahá during his journeys to the West in the United ...
A young woman named Bugs learns that the Matrix is running old code in a loop, enacting the moment when Trinity first found Neo within the Matrix. [a] Bugs discovers a program embodying Morpheus and helps free him from the simulation. Thomas Anderson is the creator of a video game series called The Matrix, based on his faint memories as Neo.