The Matrix
audiovisual digital
film
film
major
Lifetime Path
planned
Creators
- Lana Wachowski, writer-director
- Lilly Wachowski, writer-director
Canon Rationale
A major late twentieth-century science-fiction film, included for cyberculture, action choreography, digital effects, simulation discourse, transmedia franchise context, and turn-of-the-millennium media imagination.
Path
Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 110.
Evidence
- handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'The Matrix'.
- institutional list: Library of Congress, National Film Registry, 'Complete National Film Registry Listing'.
Audit Flags
version dependency, access preservation required
Completion unit: watch the complete 1999 feature film. Record release/version and any supplemental critical context used.