The Film That Launched a Thousand Memes: “The Matrix” Turns 20

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire talk with film critic Corey Hall about the lasting influence of the sci-fi classic.

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Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDETFM Detroit Public Radio.

 

The film that introduced the world to the phrase ‘bullet time’ turned twenty years old this week. 

In 1999, “The Matrix” became the rare box office film to go from cult hit to influential cultural powerhouse.

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire talk with Metro Times film critic Corey Hall about the lasting influence of “The Matrix”, two decades later. 

Will Smith recently explained why he turned down playing the part of ‘Neo’ in the clip above. 

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.