Exploring the Philosophy of The Matrix Trilogy
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Published 2017-03-19
The trilogy has a whole often gets a bad rap, but I think that all three are incredible achievements, flawed, but beautifully ambitious in ways few films attempt. I explore just a few of the philosophical ideas touched on by The Wachowski's, and hopefully give you a reason to go back and watch them again with a new perspective.
A tremendous source when writing this video(a few quotes are pulled directly from it), is a documentary that you can watch on Vimeo called “Return to Source: Philosophy and The Matrix” that goes much deeper than I can in a short video, so if you want to learn more about the philosophy explored in the trilogy, it should be of great interest to you.
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All music used in this video comes from the film's soundtrack.
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P.S. I started working on this video well before the news broke about the series being rebooted, so it's totally coincidental, I just happened to choose the topic at random, as I'm a huge fan of the trilogy. Though I should note, I'm cautiously optimistic at the thought of more Matrix films.
This video was written and edited by Daniel Netzel.
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All Comments (21)
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This is the one that pushed me over the edge to being a Patron. Honestly I would have anyway because I was waiting for a pattern of content I resonated with, but you hit it out of the park with this one. This so accurately explains something that makes these films so special to me.
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I find all 3 films to be terrific. I can easily look over the CG. Even with its flaws, they’re fascinating and very enjoyable films.
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Always been a fan of the sequels, especially Revolutions.
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Neo is the one and Smith is the zero, both important in creating the code.
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I'm Hindu and I must say it was so nice to see you reciting from Hindu philosophy, lots of people don't know much about Hindu philopshy but I will say that the European Center for Research in Particle Physics (thg place where The Large Hadron Collider is) has a religious Hindu statue on its grounds. Which says a lot.
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Very few movies come that are really ground-breaking and life changing in some ways. 'Matrix' is one of them (particularly the first part). I remember after watching this movie for the first time. I told my friend- "It is the best movie I have seen.". It not shows the filmmakers passion for presenting and making such a film but to give some thought provoking messages.
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This video made me like the Second and Third Matrix movies.
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Matrix changed everything for me. Watched the original over 100 times. The Matrix is a documentary.
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Yes, I am forever grateful for the Wachowskis for making these movies.
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Damn that was some fantastic editing! The Wachowski's deserve way more credit for their films in my opinion, I'm glad this video contributed to that. I haven't watched the Matrix sequels in forever but this video makes me want to give them another go :)
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holy SHIT the editing of this video is AMAZING. I love the part when the architect is prophesizing the blindness of Neo and the Death of Trinity while you show it in the video. So well done!
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great work but I can't believe you didn't mention Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation. This is, IMHO, without doubt the greatest philosophical influence on The Matrix - particularly the first film. There is even a reference to it in the film.
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Brilliant editing at 5:42, i'm astonished I have not seen one comment pointing this out. You even threw the sound in! Great, great job on not only that specific part, but the entirety of the video. Subbed!
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"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!"
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Heavy rains remind me of philosophy thanks to Matrix. I really wanted NEO and Smith to just sit down and have a deep conversation on philosophy in that final scene instead of battling. Something tells me smith knew much more.
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This was a wonderful video, good job! My philosophy teacher always uses Matrix as the secondary example for Plato's Analogy of the Cave and, as you said yourself, a great watch to play "Where's Waldo?" in a philosophical way. I cannot wait to see what else you have in store for us!
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Thank you for giving me even more of a reason to continually enjoy and appreciate The Matrix series. The Animatrix also possesses a wealth of philosophy to ponder and reflect on and is my favourite of the films.
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This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my YouTube channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,739 subs and > 1k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
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you deserve so much more attention, thank you for these videos!
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Awesome video, I can feel your passion and your will to spread it
