NP: 1984 nod in "Matrix Reloaded?"

The Great Quail quail at libyrinth.com
Thu May 22 09:14:47 CDT 2003


No Spoilers

I just saw "Matrix Reloaded," which I really dug. ("Dune" meets Philip K.
Dickian Gnosticism meets "Neuromancer" meets Hong Kong action flick.  How
can you go wrong?)

Anyway, there's a scene in a building with some important people who talk
about the illusion of choice and the exercise of power and control. And the
building (Or floor, or place, or whatever, I am not sure) is called "101,"
both a wee computer pun and perhaps an allusion to "Room 101" in 1984?

By the way, I have been re-reading "1984," which I haven't read for 15
years. I forgot how damn good this book really is!

--Quail




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