Discovering the Matrixes: Looking into Postmodernity in The MAtrix

I recently wrote a paper exploring how The Matrix (1999) is a very good example of Postmodernism. I tried to demonstrate how the movie itself (as opposed to the contents or ideas of the movie) is Postmodern if we analyse from the point of view of an active and "average" spectator: there is not such a thing of an ideal decoding/interpretation of the movie, but an interpretation that best suits each spectator. This is what the Wachowski's said related to that:

AgentMartin says: Do you appreciate people dissecting your movie? Do you find it a bit of an honor or does it annoy you a little, especially when the person may have it all wrong? WachowskiBros: There's not necessarily ever an "all wrong." Because it's about what a person gets out of the movie, what an individual gets out of the movie.

http://www.warnervideo.com/matrixevents/wachowski.html

From this point of view the movie is fascinating, because it deals with the concept of what reality is at the same time that there is not a single "reality" that describes the movie.In order to do that, I analyse first the different Postmodern elements of The Matrix narrative and narration techniques. I also  take a look into the complex system of codes and enigmas and its relations, defining what I called a set of narrative strings.Here, a link to the pdf of the whole paper: Discovering The MatrixesI want to finish this post with one of my favorite quotes from the movie:


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