{"id":409,"date":"2021-02-04T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T07:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/04\/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-review-deep-dive-into-simulation-theory\/"},"modified":"2021-02-04T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T07:02:16","slug":"a-glitch-in-the-matrix-review-deep-dive-into-simulation-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/04\/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-review-deep-dive-into-simulation-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glitch in the Matrix review \u2013 deep-dive into simulation theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using animation, archive and clips from the movie franchise, Rodney Ascher\u2019s genre-bending doc gives philosophers and kooks space to explain why we are living in a synthetic world<\/p>\n

With Room 237<\/a>, a deep dive into theories about Stanley Kubrick\u2019s The Shining, writer-director-animator Rodney Ascher practically invented a new sub-genre of documentary: the fathoms-five-low inspection of fandom theories and nuttery. Tonally blending sympathetic dispassion and ever-so-slight amused mockery over a fast-shuffling montage of clips that just fit under the bar of fair use, Ascher\u2019s technique created a fascinating brainstorm essay equally about cinema, spectatorship and the ability of works of art to generate interpretations well beyond the intentions of their makers.<\/p>\n

His latest, A Glitch in the Matrix, pulls off the trick again, appropriately enough on an even bigger scale. This time the subject is simulation theory: the hypothesis that we are all living inside a synthetic world, like the human beings in The Matrix movies who are kept in pods, jacked into a giant supercomputer that injects a delusion straight into their brainstems. The film interviews individuals with differing opinions on simulation theory: some philosophers, some journalists and some likable kooks who fervently believe they\u2019re living in a simulacrum, a few of whom appear disguised in digital avatar get-ups that add a bizarre comic layer.<\/p>\n

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\nUsing animation, archive and clips from the movie franchise, Rodney Ascher\u2019s genre-bending doc gives philosophers and kooks space to explain why we are living in a synthetic world
\nWith Room 237, a deep dive into theories about Stanley Kubrick\u2019s The Shining, writer-director-animator Rodney Ascher practically invented a new sub-genre of documentary: the fathoms-five-low inspection of fandom theories and nuttery. Tonally blending sympathetic dispassion and ever-so-slight amused mockery over a fast-shuffling montage of clips that just fit under the bar of fair use, Ascher\u2019s technique created a fascinating brainstorm essay equally about cinema, spectatorship and the ability of works of art to generate interpretations well beyond the intentions of their makers.
\nHis latest, A Glitch in the Matrix, pulls off the trick again, appropriately enough on an even bigger scale. This time the subject is simulation theory: the hypothesis that we are all living inside a synthetic world, like the human beings in The Matrix movies who are kept in pods, jacked into a giant supercomputer that injects a delusion straight into their brainstems. The film interviews individuals with differing opinions on simulation theory: some philosophers, some journalists and some likable kooks who fervently believe they\u2019re living in a simulacrum, a few of whom appear disguised in digital avatar get-ups that add a bizarre comic layer. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using animation, archive and clips from the movie franchise, Rodney Ascher\u2019s genre-bending doc gives philosophers and kooks space to explain why we are living in a synthetic world With Room 237, a deep dive into theories about Stanley Kubrick\u2019s The Shining, writer-director-animator Rodney Ascher practically invented a new sub-genre of documentary: the fathoms-five-low inspection of …<\/p>\n

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