Resurrections - What Revisiting The Matrix Tells Us About the Reboot

What made the original Matrix film such a classic of cinema? Starting with Ghost in the Shell, I look into the Kung Fu, Anime, and comic books from which the Wachowki’s drew inspiration, before moving to look at how cinema has changed in the years since, and what that might mean for the sequel.

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Big thanks to my pal Drew for helping me with the editing on this one -   / drew_the_editor  

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Music featured throughout is listed below

Dorian - Andrew Lagdon
Stranger Danger - Francis Preve
Sunshower - LATASHA
Candelabra - LATASHA
Scanner - House of Heavens
Bird Road - Density & Time
U In My Arms - Jeremy Blake
Ripe - LATASHA
Charangos - LATASHA
Cali Buzz - Yung Logos

During the course of producing this, I came across a couple of videos covering similar ground, which are worth a watch

To find out more about 90s cubicle movies, this one is a great watch, by Now You See It -    • Why All Movies From 1999 Are The Same  

James Kemp’s Github page also covers a lot of simialr ground - https://jamesskemp.github.io/gits-mat...

Joshua Clover’s The Matrix (BFI Film Classics) was also referenced in the production of this video - https://jamesskemp.github.io/gits-mat...

And, because after all everything is a remix, late in production I eventually came across Robert Wilson’s Everything Is a Remix - The Matrix - https://vimeo.com/29996808

Movies featured
The Matrix
Ghost in the Shell
Fist of the Legend
Akira
Nausicaa
Ninja Scroll
300
Lawnmower Man
Hard Boiled
Way of the Dragon
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Dark City
Alice in Wonderland
Megazone 23
Pleasantville
American Beauty
Fight Club
Love Actually
Inception
Pacific Rim
Resident Evil
Charlie’s Angels
Jupiter Ascending
Tenshu
Charlie’s Angels