Studying The Matrix – Instructor`s Edition: Student Edition (Studying Films) - Softcover

Dawson, Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903663261 ISBN 13: 9781903663264

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2017

Synopsis

"Anna Dawson feels that The Matrix is far more substantial than it first looks and her enthusiasm for the film is not only valuable but ultimately infectious."―TES

2003 saw the release of two sequels to the surprise 1999 hit, The Matrix, prompting producer Joel Silver to declare 2003 as 'the Year of The Matrix'. Certainly, interest in the film and its sequels has never been greater, and there can be no better time for using the original film for study in the classroom. Science fiction fans are absorbed in the revolutionary special effects and the convincingly depicted dystopia narrative; action movie buffs relish the conjunction of Hong Kong martial arts techniques with mainstream Hollywood aesthetics; and intellectuals immerse themselves in the film's explicit and deliberate evocation of Baudrillard and higher mathematics.

Studying The Matrix considers the diverse influences behind the film—be it cinematic, philosophical, literary or comic book―together with its iconographic use of costumes, groundbreaking special effects and its stars, alongside its very particular industrial and ideological background, all in the context of the key concepts of media studies.

About this title

About the Author

Anna Dawson lectures on film and media at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and is the author of Studying The Matrix (Auteur).

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903663261
• ISBN 13: 9781903663264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54