THE ANIMATRIX (2003) — $7
January 17 : 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
“A+. THE ANIMATRIX is a keeper! it reaches the excitement of Spirited Away…a joy for the animation fan to watch” –The Anime Guide
From the creators of The Matrix, this groundbreaking collection of nine short films from seven of the world’s leading anime directors provides a visionary fusion of computer animation and traditional Japanese anime. Matrix writer-directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski commissioned seven artists from Japan, America and Korea to make nine short films set in the cyberpunk world they’d created. Some of the top anime directors contributed to this anthology, including Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll), Koji Morimoto (Robot Carnival) and Shinchiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop). Drawn in a style reminiscent of Jean “Moebius” Giraud, Mahiro Maeda’s The Second Renaissance (Part I & Part II) depicts the human-machine wars that caused the enslavement of humanity and the creation of the Matrix. The duel between two flamboyantly costumed Kabuki warriors in Kawajiri’s Program is an expanded version of the cybernetic training Neo (Keanu Reeves) undergoes in the first Matrix film. Watanabe evokes the look of old newspaper. Fast-paced, violent and beautifully rendered, The Animatrix has endured as a beloved off-shoot of the Wachowskis’ blockbuster and a landmark in the cross-pollination between Japanese animation and Hollywood action.
This film as screening as part of Arkadin’s January-long spotlight on DYSTOPIAN VISIONS, chilling peeks into humanity’s doomed future.
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THEATER POLICIES
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