I think the confusing part is because the story of the movie doesn’t fit with what most people, including myself, assume a trans-film would be.
The aesthetic and the environment I can kind of see are trans-coded. Jacking in to a fake world, and living in one where you’re your true self fits. Even the plot as a whole of living under oppression to be your fake self I can understand. Getting away from the broad strokes it really challenges what I expected a trans-film to be and that’s just confusing.
it’s not exactly a trans film in and of itself but it does use the those ideas at its core. it takes the vibes of the experience of being a trans person, and then builds a plot on those vibes
it’s like a closeted trans film, hiding the true reason behind how it came to be. It had to be just broad strokes, otherwise it wouldn’t have existed. Even today an outwardly trans film would have a very difficult time getting out of the “indi film with no budget not by choice, but becuase nobody wanted to fund it” hell
Which to me sounds like wanting to score internet points.
At one point they cited Simulacra and Simulation and Ghost in the Shell as influences, so yes, it’s about existentialism, consciousness, the simulation hypothesis, etc.
The trans topic fits right in but that wasn’t the original goal (unless they had a human of one gender jack in and be another gender in the matrix). Are any trans people in the cast?
On a similar note, another such movie (from the same year) is eXistenZ.
yeah i don’t exactly buy that it was intentional but both directors turned out to be trans, so their life experience is definitely reflected in the script. and to be fair, it’s very on brand for artists to say “oh yeah that was tooootally intentional, yes i planned it from the very beginning! yup!”
I think the confusing part is because the story of the movie doesn’t fit with what most people, including myself, assume a trans-film would be.
The aesthetic and the environment I can kind of see are trans-coded. Jacking in to a fake world, and living in one where you’re your true self fits. Even the plot as a whole of living under oppression to be your fake self I can understand. Getting away from the broad strokes it really challenges what I expected a trans-film to be and that’s just confusing.
it’s not exactly a trans film in and of itself but it does use the those ideas at its core. it takes the vibes of the experience of being a trans person, and then builds a plot on those vibes
it’s like a closeted trans film, hiding the true reason behind how it came to be. It had to be just broad strokes, otherwise it wouldn’t have existed. Even today an outwardly trans film would have a very difficult time getting out of the “indi film with no budget not by choice, but becuase nobody wanted to fund it” hell
The question if we’re living in a simulation is nothing new.
It only became a “trans” movie 'cos the directors transitioned.
i googled if the directors’ intention was to always put that idea in Matrix and they said yes so i’ll to with that
Which to me sounds like wanting to score internet points.
At one point they cited Simulacra and Simulation and Ghost in the Shell as influences, so yes, it’s about existentialism, consciousness, the simulation hypothesis, etc.
The trans topic fits right in but that wasn’t the original goal (unless they had a human of one gender jack in and be another gender in the matrix). Are any trans people in the cast?
On a similar note, another such movie (from the same year) is eXistenZ.
yeah i don’t exactly buy that it was intentional but both directors turned out to be trans, so their life experience is definitely reflected in the script. and to be fair, it’s very on brand for artists to say “oh yeah that was tooootally intentional, yes i planned it from the very beginning! yup!”
Sure, makes sense.
Yeah, Diesel and Twohy pulled than one when they claimed Riddick 3 was totally the 3rd part of a trilogy.