The Matrix
Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
1999 136 min 35mm
Part of: Heights Centennial
Showtimes for The Matrix
Part of: Heights Centennial
Part of: Heights Centennial
Rare Archival 35mm Print
The crowning achievement of the Wachowski sisters’ careers, THE MATRIX is a mindbending, reality-warping sci-fi masterpiece. Neo (Keanu Reaves) is a computer programmer by day and a hacker by night, his grasp on reality waning with each passing moment. This creeping feeling of dissonance leads Neo to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburn), who will reveal to Neo a world beyond the world he knows: The Matrix. Submerged in simulation, THE MATRIX is filled with edge of your seat action (headlined by iconic bullet dodging sequences), a spellbinding cyberpunk vision of technocracy run amok, and a genre-spanning soundtrack that perfectly encapsulates the anxieties of Y2K technology and the depth of existential questions posed by our conceptions of reality. Join us at The Heights to witness the Wachowskis’ visions come to life in magnificent 35mm film, and let your reality begin to unravel. THE MATRIX must be seen to be believed, and once you’ve seen it there’s no going back.
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
9:30pm Screening co-presented by Queer Cut
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbourne, Carrie-Anne Moss
1999
136 min
Science Fiction
