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[Matrix Revolutions]
Bane/Smith: "I admit, it is difficult to think, encased in this rotting piece of meat. The stink of it filling every breath, a suffocating cloud you can't escape. [spits blood] Disgusting! Look at how pathetically fragile it is. Nothing this weak is meant to survive."
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WoofWolf
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Philosopher: Johann Georg Hamann
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Hey, my first post!
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Although I have also been sucked into these movies and am searching
for 'The' explaination, I think this link is very important to read:
Hamann was the Councillor that Neo talked to that explaned to him
how interesting it was that certain machines keep them alive while
others are trying to kill them.
Since this is (as far as I know) the only Philosophers name used
for a character in the movies, I suspect the brothers have read
and agree with some of his thoughts.
From this article, I'll suggest a couple of important items in relation
to the movies:
“Without language we would have no reason, without reason no
religion, and without these three essential aspects of our nature,
neither mind [Geist] nor bond of society”.
"[Hamann] plays with the Christian idea of God as a Trinity to
depict a trinity of woman-man-God in the moment of lovemaking"
"The responsible interpreter is conscious of standing within something
larger than oneself: a tradition. The wise interpreter is a kabbalist, one
who interprets an ancient text, and a rhapsodist—the original meaning of
the latter being one who stitches something together from pre-existing materials. (In Ancient Greece the ‘rhapsodist’ was one who recited
poems cobbled together from prior sources, usually bits of Homer.)
In creating interpretations, the interpreter enjoys the freedom to create
anew, as Hamann created his characteristic prose from pre-existing
texts, while creating a new meaningful piece. Hamann's use of this
genre itself makes the point: the demand that only one meaning may
exist for a text arises from an impoverished notion of meaning and
creativity; one that misunderstands the nature of composition and the
nature of interpretation alike."
I take this last quote to strongly suggest that the brothers do not want
nor expect there to be One explaination of 'What is the Matrix'... it
should be different to each viewer and even each reviewing. 
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