

And that can appeal to everyone from people on the far left who think that we're all, you know, unknowingly controlled by corporations, to people on the far right who are convinced that everything they see in the media is a lie, to libertarians who think, you know, that the awareness of the individual is everything, to people who are just, you know, really fond of conspiracy theories. But if you don't do that, you're living in a dream world. MARK HARRIS: I think that little clip that you played is perfect kind of one-size-fits-all paranoia because it tells you that reality - real reality is right in front of your eyes if you just wake up and will yourself to see it.

When I asked columnist Mark Harris to explain, he referred to Morpheus's words.
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That's the argument made in a series of stories published by the pop culture site Vulture. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television.ĬORNISH: The matrix is all around us in 2019. It is all around us even now in this very room. LAURENCE FISHBURNE: (As Morpheus) The matrix is everywhere. Laurence Fishburne's character Morpheus explains it. He discovers his seemingly normal world is a computer simulation. KEANU REEVES: (As Neo) What is the matrix?ĬORNISH: The answer turned out to be a pop culture phenomenon - a sci-fi thriller in which a hacker named Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, has an awakening. Nearly 20 years ago in March of 1999, there was a burning question on the minds of many filmgoers.
