The Baudrillard interview that I linked to a few days ago has since been translated. (Thanks to the always impressive GreenCine Daily for the links.) Strangely, the two bits that surprised me the most were: 1. his praise of Mulholland Drive ("David Lynch's masterpiece") and 2. the revelation that the Wachowski staff contacted him and invited him to participate in the sequels ("that really was not conceivable! [laugh]).
This line sums it up for me, and it sums up my response to a couple other films I've seen recently, too:
What really is striking in The Matrix 2 is there is not the tiniest irony to help the spectator taking this monumental special effect in the rear. Not even one sequence with this “punctum”, as Barthès says, this striking je-ne-sais-quoi to put one in front of something real.
I haven't seen Reloaded and don't really care to. I gave the first film another chance a week or two ago when my wife rented it, and it still feels absolutely lifeless to me — a film drowning in its own self-importance. (Is that redundant?) Karen at Beyond recently saw Reloaded and was inspired to write a Seussian poem about it:
"The world needs more Keanu"
I can fight you in the hall
On a truck or building tall
I can fight you with a gun
With a sword or knife (it's fun!)
Fight in black and hues of green
Fight with shades and boots so clean
Fight with hands and without limits
Fight for ninety-seven minutes
<break for dialogue>
Purpose. Choice. Fate. Destiny. The One. Anomaly.
Keys. Doors. French accent. Purpose. Choice. Fate. Destiny.
<return>
One fight. Two fights.
Three fights. New fights.
I can fight you quite a lot.
I will fight, there is no plot.
I can fight and fight all day.
I will fight if you will pay.
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