![]() ![]() “It was a topic I couldn’t stop thinking about, a rabbit hole I couldn’t climb out of, and in making these projects I’ve learned the way out is through ,” Ascher said. Each person has their own story or eureka moment when they realized something wasn’t right.Īlso Read: Kevin Hart Joins Cate Blanchett in 'Borderlands' Video Game Adaptation One of Ascher’s main interests though was finding out the human stories behind people who operate as though they’re in a simulation. Now though, the idea has reached the mainstream, and “A Glitch in the Matrix” also includes clips of people like Elon Musk, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and other serious scientists and mathematicians who think that such a scenario is scientifically plausible. Dick who believed in simulation theory well before computers were common. The film is structured around an old manifesto of sorts by sci-fi author Philip K. ![]() “It might be that from our privilege, we may feel like there’s fewer ramifications for talking about this publicly, we’re less worried about being seen as kooky or unstable as other people might.”Īscher’s film isn’t just about “The Matrix” but is about the scientific idea of “simulation theory” at large. Is there a bigger community of people who believe this who don’t look exactly like me, and were we remiss in not finding avenues to reach out to them that weren’t the ones that we used, or is this an idea that is of a special interest to men and to white men, and why would that be,” Ascher asked. “That brings us to another question, and I think it’s a completely fair question. In finding the film’s four main subjects, all of whom are ordinary individuals with deeply held beliefs that our surrounding world isn’t real, Ascher conducted a questionnaire through the gaming website Boing Boing that resulted in responses mostly from men.Īlso Read: 'Glitch in the Matrix' Film Review: Trippy Documentary Questions the Nature of Reality In speaking with TheWrap’s Sundance Studio sponsored by NFP and National Geographic, Ascher said it’s a fair observation and begs the question of whether the idea that we’re all living in The Matrix is only something that’s really caught on with dudes who want to be Keanu Reeves (it’s worth noting that the directors of “The Matrix” are both trans women). But you’ll notice that even though the movie’s main subjects are all given bizarre-looking CGI avatars, all four individuals are white men. Rodney Ascher’s documentary “A Glitch in the Matrix,” which premiered at Sundance and opens on Friday, examines the idea popularized in “The Matrix” of whether we’re all living in a simulation or video game controlled by some higher power. ![]()
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