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 verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest