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The Matrix

Screening on Film
Directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski.
With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne.
US, 1999, 35mm, color, 136 min.

One of the top grossing films of the 1990s, Andy and Larry Wachowski’s The Matrix set a new benchmark in movie special effects. Blending the kind of classic science-fiction stories found in Alien, Soylent Green, and The Terminator with Chinese martial-arts films, Japanese animation, and American comic art, and adding a touch of mysticism to the mix, the Wachowskis created an unparalleled vision of a future that seems very like our own present—with a surreal twist.

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