The Matrix by Clover, Joshua
The Matrix by Clover, Joshua

The Matrix

The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowski sisters and produced by Joel Silver, was a true end-of-the-millennium...
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Author: Joshua Clover
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Language: English
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The Matrix by Clover, Joshua

The Matrix

$42.15
The Matrix by Clover, Joshua

The Matrix

$42.15
Author: Joshua Clover
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowski sisters and produced by Joel Silver, was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American zeitgeist, and, as the original film in a blockbusting franchise, a prognosis for the future of big-budget Hollywood film-making.

Starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, a computer programmer transformed into a messianic freedom fighter, The Matrix blends science fiction with conspiracy thriller conventions and outlandish martial arts created with groundbreaking digital techniques. A box-office triumph, the film was no populist confection: its blatant allusions to highbrow contemporary philosophy added to its appeal as a mystery to be decoded.

In this compelling study, Joshua Clover undertakes the task of decoding the film. Examining The Matrix's digital effects and how they were achieved, he shows how the film represents a melding of cinema and video games (the greatest commercial threat to have faced Hollywood since the advent of television) and achieves a hybrid kind of immersive entertainment. He also unpacks the movie's references to philosophy, showing how The Matrix ultimately expresses the crisis American culture faced at the end of the 1990s.

Author: Joshua Clover
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 03/25/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.50h x 4.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781839022678

About the Author

Joshua Clover is a writer and a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California Davis, USA.
His first book of poetry, Madonna anno domini, received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets in 1996.

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