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The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Matrix Revisited rather than just read about it. In short: The Matrix Revisited is a 2001 American documentary film about the production of the 1999 film The Matrix. It was released on DVD and VHS on November 20, 2001, by Warner Home Video.

Key takeaways

The Matrix Revisited belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Matrix Revisited to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Matrix Revisited from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Matrix Revisited is a 2001 American documentary film about the production of the 1999 film The Matrix. It was released on DVD and VHS on November 20, 2001, by Warner Home Video.

Overview The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie to give explanations of complicated scenes, previews of the then-forthcoming sequels, and interviews with the cast and crew, including the reclusive Wachowski siblings, who rarely give interviews. It was first released as the first and only documentary in the series, but was later included as the part of a two-disc Collector's Edition of The Matrix. It now forms a part of The Ultimate Matrix Collection.

Music The original Matrix Revisited DVD had an easter egg that contains 41 songs that were played in the documentary. One can access this music by going to the Documentary Menu, selecting the Languages Menu and highlighting one of the subtitle options. Press left to highlight a 'phone booth'. In The Ultimate Matrix Collection version of the disc, the songs are directly in the menu and not part of an egg. The songs are as follows:

Aleks Svaensson – "Syvelleve" da.nu.lo – "I'm not right (Im what's left)" Gooding – "Licorice and Grape Kool Aid" Jetsetmusic – "Last Laugh Foundation Part C" Obadia – "Lounge" Obadia – "Slowride" Omniverse – "Hipshot" The Fur Ones – "Semicolon" Robert Phoenix – "Speedy Astronaut" Canton – "Birmingham, 43" Electrostatic – "Electron Gun" Ikarus – "Praying to Different Gods" Nolens Volens – "Por Sea T" Out of Body – "Beyond Mind" Paul Cooper – "CEM2 New Stuff" Proactive Noize Transmission – "One foot freek" Project 3 – "Go get it" Void – "Chemical2000" Audible Ink – "Sand Turtle" O.R.G. – "Sofa Surfur" Simulacra – "Spy Vs Spy" Wade R – "Squarely in the groove" Audible Ink – "Beetle Instrumental" Beet T Tribe – "Beet T Tribe (slight return)" Fingertwister – "7 a.m. Disaster" Hardknox – "Coz I can" Aleks Svaensson – "Art of Recycling" Canton – "Blue Groove" Fingertwister – "Casino Royale" Aleks Svaensson – "Sunny" Fingertwister – "In Memory of..." Less Skill – "Technical Difficulties" Simulacra – "Panacea" Fingertwister – "The Reverend Will Return" O.R.G. – "Traveling Man" Project 3 – "The Search" Tripnotic – "Tripnofunk" The Fur Ones – "Transit" The Fur Ones – "Product" The Fur Ones – "The End" The Fur Ones – "Reduction"

See also Simulated reality Visual effect

References

External links The Matrix Revisited at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Matrix Revisited

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Matrix Revisited claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Matrix Revisited before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Matrix Revisited ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Matrix Revisited

In research: The Matrix Revisited appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Matrix Revisited in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Matrix Revisited is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000s American documentary film stubs, 2001 American films, 2001 English-language films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Matrix Revisited outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Matrix Revisited in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The Matrix Revisited means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain The Matrix Revisited out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is The Matrix Revisited in simple terms?

The Matrix Revisited is a 2001 American documentary film about the production of the 1999 film The Matrix. It was released on DVD and VHS on November 20, 2001, by Warner Home Video.

Why does The Matrix Revisited matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Matrix Revisited?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The Matrix Revisited.