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A Glitch in the Matrix (15)
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Directed by Rodney Ascher
WHAT if we were living in a computer simulation and the world around us wasn’t real? If so, with the rise of fascism (again) and the horrendous Covid-19 pandemic, the entity pulling the strings has a sadistic sense of humour.
Filmmaker Rodney Ascher takes us down the rabbit hole of simulation theory — championed by sci-fi writer Philip K Dick (the creator of Minority Report, Blade Runner and Total Recall) and epitomised in The Matrix trilogy — in his new mind-bending documentary.
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