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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting book which ties lines of philosophical reasoning to the highly symbolic Matrix movie.  I thought that parts of it were quite insightful, but too many of the philosophers used the same 4 scenes of the movie to make their point that it became quite repetitive - Trinity bring Neo back to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60827538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Essay collections around a particular theme or event are usually a mixed bag and this one is no exception.  The first four essays in one way or another grapple with the more obvious links between the film and Plato's cave and Descartes' malicious demon.  They are useful reading to deal with the faci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53949901">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Matrix and Philosophy: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18914.Welcome_to_the_Desert_of_the_Real_Five_Essays_on_September_11_and_Related_Dates" title="Welcome to the Desert of the Real  Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates by Slavoj Zizek">Welcome to the Desert of the Real</a> is a really interesting and fun book. It is about the first Matrix movie and how the Wakowski Brothers incorporated many different aspect of philosophy into the movie. The book examines various scenes from the movie and then explains how t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13976162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Today, someone txt'd me out of the blue and asked what Neo's name was in The Matrix.<br/><br/><em>The Matrix and Philosophy: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18914.Welcome_to_the_Desert_of_the_Real_Five_Essays_on_September_11_and_Related_Dates" title="Welcome to the Desert of the Real  Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates by Slavoj Zizek">Welcome to the Desert of the Real</a> </em> is a good introduction to some of the more common threads of philosophy. The pop-culture references make it easy for the philosophical layman ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16226435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had a few excellent chapters--I particularly enjoyed the Buddhist, Christian, and feminist readings of the film.  However, as a whole I wasn't entirely impressed.  I also thought that the book would delve into all three films, but it only covers the original movie.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's philosophy and film.  Why am I not in school anymore?<br/>Oh yeah, I decided to be a grownup.<br/><br/>Movie connection: Duh, only one of the best sci-fi films to come out in decades.  As important to Sci-fi and film as <strong>Alien</strong>(that's right Travis!) was in the 70's.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[two of my most fave subject, what can be better?<br/>the best brain-twisting movies, and<br/>the best brain-twisting knowledge<br/><br/>shows that good movie does not consist of a merely sarcastic humor and mature contents or slashing and gun-bursting scenes]]></body>
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