MJOLNIR AT THE MOVIES MATINEE: THE MATRIX RELOADED, A Cultural Void

It's over to James for this one, who proves himself far more adept at computer graphics than Neil and I. Using stills from the films, James takes a look at the aesthetics - and lack thereof - of the Matrix Trilogy, paying particular attention to the Matrix Reloaded. What do the aesthetics signify and what is their purpose? Please subscribe to the channel and also to James' channel, which can be found here and which also has some great content he has created alone.

MJOLNIR AT THE MOVIES EPISODE IX: DARK CITY VS THE MATRIX

Mjolnir at the Movies is back with an episode celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Alex Proyas' Dark City, a film which deserves far more attention than it has received. We delve into the reasons why it failed at the box office and why it has perhaps been buried, and also compare it with the Wachowski Trannies' The Matrix trilogy, the first of which was filmed using Dark City's sets. We examine why Dark City is a film that is very much 'tuned' to our cause and how pecualiar it is - or maybe not so - that the Alt Right prefers The Matrix, even though the film is just more Jollywood multiculti propaganda....

DARK CITY (THE DIRECTOR'S CUT): CHARACTERISATION, SYMBOLISM AND AESTHETICS

Spoiler Alert: I hope you have all watched Dark City by now, as I discuss the film's big revelation in this article.

 

 

In the last article on Alex Proyas' 1998 film Dark City, we took a general look at its meaning and themes from an Alt Right perspective. In this article, I wish to focus in on that increasingly marginalised subject regarding the philosophy of art: aesthetics. Take any course in the arts and humanities at university level now and I would be astonished if any professor touches upon it - unless it is as part of deconstruction theory or post-structuralism, where all positive notions of Occidental culture are torn down before students have even begun to appreciate what they really are. This has led to a complete detachment of form and style from content, where often arbitrary and deeply pretentious labels and descriptions are attached to museal artwork that has no content in and of itself, as I noted in my tour of the Saatchi Gallery.