Kirby Ferguson's Everything Is A Remix series has demonstrated the fact that all art is derivative. The outstanding 1999 film 'The Matrix' is no different - borrowing and referencing from all kinds of material, as we can see in the six and a half minute video below.
Ferguson teamed with Rob G Wilson and Cynthia Closkey to produce the video, which shows that 'The Matrix' is perhaps not as original as you may have believed. And that's largely ignoring the overt comparisons to Grant Morrison's graphic novel 'The Invisibles'. I don't think such revelations particularly diminish the film - certainly, that's not the aim of Ferguson et al.
FILM REFERENCES:
0:27 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 – Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 – The Killer (1989)
1:19 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 – Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 – Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 – Philip K. Dick Speech (view on YouTube) (1977)
2:18 – Strange Days (1995)
2:24 – Akira (1988)
2:30 – Total Recall (1990)
3:24 – Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 – The Killer (1989)
3:53 – A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 – Akira (1998)
4:39 – Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 – Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
MUSIC:
(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)
0:20 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 - Hive - Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 - Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 - Propellerheads - Spybreak
4:39 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
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