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Japanese Gardens: Symbolism and Design

Seiko Goto and Naka Takahiro

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The unique beauty of the Japanese garden stems from its spirituality and rich symbolism, yet most...

Paulo Providencia - Architectonica Percepta: Texts and Images 1989-2015

Paulo Providencia

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Paulo Providencia occupies a special place in contemporary Portuguese architecture. He is recognised...

Capital: New York, Capital of the 20th Century

Kenneth Goldsmith

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Renowned poet and conceptual artist Kenneth Goldsmith collects a massive assortment of quotations...

Mad Machen: Feminism and Generational Conflict in Recent German Literature and Film

Margaret McCarthy

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The last two decades have been transformational, often discordant ones for German feminism, as a new...

The Complete Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes and Rob Davis

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More than 400 years ago, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) sent his irrepressible...

De Rerum Natura (The Nature of Things): A Poetic Translation

David Slavitt and Lucretius

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This elegant new translation at last restores the poetry to one of the greatest and most influential...

Awix (3310 KP) rated The Matrix (1999) in Movies

Jul 14, 2019 (Updated Aug 11, 2019)

The Matrix (1999)

1999 | Action, Sci-Fi

8.4

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Age shall not diminish, nor dubious sequels reduce the magic of the Wachowskis' visionary blend of philosophical SF and hyperkinetic martial arts action. Arguably the origin of the current superhero movie, as uncertain hero Neo undergoes the conceptual breakthrough to end all conceptual breakthroughs, learns to access his inner potential, and discovers that black never goes out of fashion.

The script is still a marvel of economy and wit, the ideas underpinning it fascinating, and the action sequences, when they arrive, are phenomenal. Obviously a film of its time (the pseudo-1999 setting now feels a little quaint), but absolutely timeless in the way the very best films are. One of those movies it is almost impossible to change without making it worse.