A Matrix for The Matrix
Describing the Intertextual and Intermedia System
Conditions
of Production
[Encoding]
[Grammar of Decoding]
The cultural encyclopedia of genres, visual codes, movie and TV references
Intertextuality: what the movie and individual scenes presuppose
Reception of the movie by audience already socialized into the film genre(s)
Interpretive Communities
The mediasphere shared by movie viewers
Genre hybrids, overlapping genre codes
Meaning of minimal units:
Scenes, contents, shots
The look, style, types of characters
Leather,
fetish, film noir,
prior SF, Japanese anime,
Blade Runner
Cyberpunk conventions and traditions
Myth, culture tropes ("human vs. machine")
Political economy of the movie industry
Media Institutions