A Conversation for A Baudrillardian and Jungian Examination of The Matrix

talk about subtext!

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Fruitbat (Eric the)

Boy, you've certainly read a lot into the film. While I enjoyed the body ofthe film, I was squirming because the idea of reality being another illusion and something on the other side of that being reality was given about 30 minutes of screen time and I got it as soon as they started talking about it - Neo just didn't get it.

I also found irritating that for someone as supposedly bright as a computer programmer, he behaved in a remarkably dense way...although that was probably for the benefit of the audience.

For the uninitiated, your piece does very well; I'd likely go as far on a topic of passion for me...which, sadly, The Matrix was not (although it was visually arresting).

Fruitbat


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