Re: Matrix
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:30:17 +1000
James J Rovira wrote:
> Yeah, it's a great movie. I've seen it more than once. The special
> effects are Cool and original. I've been discussing it on a philosophy
> listserve I've recently subscribed to -- the interpretations are
> interesting. Neo is definitely a Christ figure, Morpheus (god of the
> dreamworld in Gk mythology) a John the Baptist, Cipher a Judas, but the
> underlying metaphysic seems to be more Eastern than anything.
I thought his keeping secret stuff in a hollowed-out copy of `Simulacra and
Simulation' was a nice touch (: Considering the main point of the book is
basically that when we enter Disneyland we are entering the real world and
when we walk out the exit - *then* we are entering the funpark. Which holds
very true for the movie, too.
Camille
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