Having hit theaters on the Easter weekend of 1999, The Matrix became a kind of philosophical provocation on its first day of release. The questions raised in the story about the programmer Thomas Anderson were once voiced by Plato, Descartes and Kant: "How to define reality?" "What is a personality?" and "How do fate and free will relate?"The Matrix is a cocktail of various motifs: Zen Buddhism, Jungian psychology, popular quantum mechanics, Hong Kong martial arts films and other "ingredients". The Wachowski sisters innovatively combined aspects of popular culture and academic knowledge in the film.The philosophical concepts of ancient thinkers and the gloomy conclusions of postmodern scientists organically coexist in science fiction reality. However, is it as fantastic as it seems at first glance? And what is reality anyway? Trinity leans in to Neo's ear and whispers, "The question, that's what's been bugging us."Publisher's layout saved in A4 PDF.