MATRIX BREAKDOWN! Secret Easter Eggs, Visual Analysis & Deeper Meaning!

Hello, I'm Eric Voss and The Matrix, the Wachowski's cyberpunk masterpiece, has inspired a revolution in the philosophy and aesthetics of Hollywood films over the last 20 years and we mainly turn to Blue Ray from every annoying roommate of University. And like one of those annoying college roommates, I decided to take a break from the usual deep dives into superheroes, dragons, and droids, as philosophical as many of them are, to examine The Matrix scene by scene. To explore its influences, how IT influenced almost everything that came after, and all the

visual

secret

s hidden in this movie that you may have missed the first time your friend's older brother, who frequently wore sunglasses, showed it to you .

The film begins from the point of view of the

matrix

itself. In the form of this green code that rains. The color green was chosen to reflect the green tint of early monochrome computer monitors, and throughout this film, the color green filters every scene that takes place within the

matrix

. To show its artificiality compared to the REAL world which is tinted blue. These images were inspired by the opening credits of the famous 1995 anime Ghost In The Shell. Ghost In The Shell, a HUGEly influential film and manga series, is set in a future where humans are cybernetically enhanced and their brains can be hacked.

Explore the philosophy of artificial intelligence and detached identity.