《The Matrix (BFI Modern Classics)》是2004年British Film Institute出版的圖書，作者是Joshua Clover。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Matrix (BFI Modern Classics)
- 作者：Joshua Clover
- 出版社：British Film Institute
- 出版時間：2004年12月28日
- 頁數：96 頁
- 定價：14.95 美元
- 裝幀：Paperback
- ISBN：9781844570454
內容簡介
The Matrix (1999) was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American Zeitgeist, and a prognosis for the future of big-budget Hollywood filmmaking. 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.
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.
