The Animatrix. Various directors, 2003.
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Edition screened: Included in Warner The Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-ray box set, released 2008. English language. Runtime approximately 102 minutes.
Summary: Fleeting cartoon images of dead animals.
Details:
1) Animated duotone ‘surveillance footage’ image of murdered pets in an apartment (The Second Renaissance Part I, 12:53:12:59 when viewed consecutively).
2) Stagnant animated depiction of a dead cartoon monkey (Matriculated, 1:31:38-1:31:42 when viewed consecutively).
The Animatrix is a series of nine short animations that provide anecdotal backstory to the three Matrix films. Most were written or conceptualized by the Wachowskis, directors of the three original films. The Animatrix includes:
Final Flight of the Osiris (Andy Jones, approximately 17 minutes)
The Second Renaissance, Part I (Mahiro Maeda, approximately 9 minutes)
The Second Renaissance, Part II (Mahiro Maeda, approximately 9 minutes)
Kid’s Story (Shinichiro Watanabe, approximately 9 minutes)
Program (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, approximately 7 minutes)
World Record (Takeshi Koike, approximately 13 minutes)
Beyond (Koji Morimoto, approximately 17 minutes)
A Detective Story (Shinichiro Watanabe, approximately 10 minutes)
Matriculated (Peter Chung, approximately 16 minutes)
