Resurrections - What Revisiting The Matrix Tells Us About the Reboot

What made the original Matrix film such a classic of cinema? Starting with Ghost in the Shell, I look into the Kung Fu, Anime, and comic books from which the Wachowki’s drew inspiration, before moving to look at how cinema has changed in the years since, and what that might mean for the sequel. Leave me a comment if there’s anything I’ve missed - and let me know what you’re hoping to see in the reboot! Subscribe for more video essays Big thanks to my pal Drew for helping me with the editing on this one -   / drew_the_editor   Contact - danlester91@gmail.com Music featured throughout is listed below Dorian - Andrew Lagdon Stranger Danger - Francis Preve Sunshower - LATASHA Candelabra - LATASHA Scanner - House of Heavens Bird Road - Density & Time U In My Arms - Jeremy Blake Ripe - LATASHA Charangos - LATASHA Cali Buzz - Yung Logos During the course of producing this, I came across a couple of videos covering similar ground, which are worth a watch To find out more about 90s cubicle movies, this one is a great watch, by Now You See It -    • Why All Movies From 1999 Are The Same   James Kemp’s Github page also covers a lot of simialr ground - https://jamesskemp.github.io/gits-mat... Joshua Clover’s The Matrix (BFI Film Classics) was also referenced in the production of this video - https://jamesskemp.github.io/gits-mat... And, because after all everything is a remix, late in production I eventually came across Robert Wilson’s Everything Is a Remix - The Matrix - https://vimeo.com/29996808 Movies featured The Matrix Ghost in the Shell Fist of the Legend Akira Nausicaa Ninja Scroll 300 Lawnmower Man Hard Boiled Way of the Dragon The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Once Upon a Time in the West Dark City Alice in Wonderland Megazone 23 Pleasantville American Beauty Fight Club Love Actually Inception Pacific Rim Resident Evil Charlie’s Angels Jupiter Ascending Tenshu Charlie’s Angels