#Glitch in the matrix movie#

That's when it addresses the story of Joshua Cooke, who was obsessed with The Matrix, believed he was living in an artificial reality, and subsequently killed his parents (he confesses that he was surprised when they didn't die like video game characters). But then it comes to its final stretch, and it's not funny anymore.

#Glitch in the matrix movie#

The documentary's constant use of movie and video game clips also suggests that it's in a slightly less than serious mood. But Ascher's choice to disguise them as avatars seems like something of a joke or a tease. Dick as its spearhead, this hallucinatory documentary dives down the whirlpool.

They tell stories about how they started to detect patterns and coincidences that convinced them of an artificial reality. With a noted speech by renowned sci-fi author Philip K. And, interestingly, most have some kind of faith-based background. The main interviewees seem like nice enough people, and they all seem to be movie and video game fans. The music stops when Neo sees the black cat glitch. But the movie spends barely any time on it. After Neo's visit to the Oracle, Mouse is looking at 'The Lady in Red' and receives a phone call from Tank saying 'They're on the way.'. For example, Professor Nick Bostrom, who published a famous 2003 essay, 'Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?,' has a thoughtful and complex hypothesis.

Dick's speech is worth hearing, because he's clearly in the midst of exploring new ideas/theories, but the modern-day interviewees in A Glitch in the Matrix are far more certain. A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Ascher (ROOM 237, THE NIGHTMARE), is a multimedia documentary that dives into the great existential question: Are we in fact living in a simulation Using a seminal 1977 speech from Philip K. Dick's fascinating lecture and leads up to a terrifying ending, but it's mostly pop culture references and unconvincing arguments. This haphazard documentary is centered around Philip K.