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Matrix
The Matrix (1999) is an extension of the existentialist motifs of the mid 20th
Century set in the 23rd, for its obvious influences from the American Noir
Style. This is apparent when looking at the five points of this existentialism.
First, Thomas A. Anderson (Keanu Reeves), a.k.a. “Neo,” is portrayed from
the beginning of the film as a “normal Joe” who holds the potential of a
world savior, yet without the narcissism. He does not have X-ray vision or the
ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but rather, he is a lowly
computer programmer for a respectable computer company. He does not appear
important to anyone else in the film at first, and it is because of his
lifestyle. Mister Anderson is immersed in the world of computers. As a result,
he is lonely and alienated from the world or “reality.” This feeling is also
reflected in the high, swooping camera angle found in the film, which is
characteristically Noir. But what is reality? The truth? “Neo” makes the
conscious choice to “see how deep the rabbit hole goes.” One finds out later
in the film that at the point of making such a choice, he was nothing… or
nothing more than an oversized Energizer; but upon choosing the “truth” he
is also trying to “free his mind” from the prison he cannot taste or touch
or see. Neo is doomed to fail, as no one has come before him to succeed in the
freeing of his own mind. As a result, he is under a sentence of death; the
system is set up against him; the Matrix has him… he struggles with the choice
between life and death, as he must let his instructor, Morpheus (Lawrence
Fishburne), die or sacrifice himself to save him. There is only one element
holding his life in tact: Fate… At first, Mister Anderson does not like the
idea of fate, as he cannot stand the idea of not being able to control his own
destiny. Throughout the entire film, as Mister Anderson further transpires to
his alter ego Neo, he struggles to accept the reality of his destiny. But
something happens that makes Mister Anderson realize the authenticity of his
destiny; he learns that he is, in fact, “the One” who is to save the world
from Artificial Intelligence. No one can change their destiny if they do not
realize that their pseudo-reality is a part of them. There are also other
characteristics of a Noir film in the Matrix. The chiaroscuro lighting is very
apparent in many scenes. Also, it invokes a great sense of alienation with its
Noir-like high angle shots. The entire film is very dar...
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