The woman in the red dress | The Matrix [Open Matte]

The Matrix (1999)
Scene: The woman in the red dress
Song: Robert D - Clubbed to Death (The Matrix)

Storyline: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

Directors: The Wachowski Brothers

Cast: Keanu Reeves (Thomas A. Anderson \ Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), Gloria Foster (Oracle), Joe Pantoliano (Cypher), Marcus Chong (Tank), Julian Arahanga (Apoc), Matt Doran (Mouse), Belinda McClory (Switch), Anthony Ray Parker (Dozer)

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. (presents)
Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
Groucho Film Partnership (in association with)
Silver Pictures (production)
3 Arts Entertainment (uncredited)

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[TJSaw]

Notice how Morpheus walks through the people smoothly while Neo keeps bumping into them. Great little detail.

[JustSomeRandomIdiot]

I don't think people realised when they walked into the cinemas over 20 years ago to watch this movie, that they were about to watch a movie that would become an instant classic, timeless.

[RonnieJamesOsbourne]

"Most of these people aren't ready to be unplugged."

Which is why all of them are walking in the same direction,
while Neo and Morpheus are walking against the grain.

Morpheus, smoothly weaves through,
while Neo, constantly collides with them, just like he's colliding with the *truth.*

[hulktv]

First 45 seconds could be the coolest scene ever... The score, Morpheus' look, voice and plain description of the Matrix is so stylish and cinematic

[roypiper]

It's so hard to tell people how revolutionary this movie was 20 years ago.

[ChairmanMeow]

I like how morpheus just flows through the crowd but neo bumps shoulders with every one

[guglielmocrollalanza]

"The Matrix is not a movie, it's a documentary" - Keanu Reeves

[rhithym]

That shot of the policeman as morpheus says "that makes them our enemy." Amazing. "So hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."

[AlexSkylark]

I still remember going to the movies without knowing what the movie was about.
I was completely zero-hyped, didn't watch any trailers and was completely clueless about it, someone just said as they invited me to come "It's about a virtual world". And then I left the movie theatre simply FLABBERGASTED and BLOWN AWAY asking what the hell I had just seen. I KNEW I had just watched the best movie of my entire life up to that point.

I never got that feeling again.

[aravindkrishnan]

Laurence Fishburne owned this movie. The air of mystery around him and his charisma is enough to keep us hooked. That is what I missed the most in the sequels as well.

[Mr__Geno]

The woman in the Red Dress. She gives you a small moment of beauty hidden in a world that is ravaged and scarred. Truly an iconic moment.

[LoneWolfie]

Looking back on this scene, it's really cool to identify all the filmmaking/storytelling techniques that went into it. Majority of background actors being twins, all walking in the same direction while Morpheus and Neo walk "upstream" against the grain. Morpheus walks through seamlessly showing us how he is in complete control of this space and has all the knowledge and experience of what he's trying to teach Neo. Neo gets bumped and hit trying to keep up and is easily distracted, he is trying to "keep up" with the bombardment of new information, discovering this new world, different from everything he knew up until being unplugged. You'll also notice that while they are walking, the camera on Neo is handheld, so it's more shaky and jarring, while the camera on Morpheus is either on a dolly or steadicam, much more stable. The attention to detail and emphasis on the little things like these is what makes this such a timeless classic, one my most favourite films I've ever seen.

[chialeux]

Neo "this isn't the matrix?"
Morpheus "No, it's Google Chrome Incognito"

[ByronWrightJr]

Laurence Fishburne is highly underrated as an actor. He has range and can make you believe in anything he is doing.

[LoopnMix]

Because of this scene every time I’m at a walking traffic light and the red turn green, I have the music popping up in my head and pretend to be walking with Morpheus 😂😅

[_erkku]

I love how Morpheus covers his bald head from shining at 3:50

[spiderdude]

Fun fact:

For the crowd in this scene, the directors hired a huge amount of identical twins and mixed them together to form a crowd. The wachowski siblings wanted to give the scene a sense of deja vu of seeing the same person twice. You can spot a few of them together like a pair of sailors. It also potentially gives away that this is a training program with limited rendering capabilities

[rneryverwatch]

This scene is so cool... goes to show how so many of us meander through life... seeking answers that are often times right in front of our faces. If only we weren't so distracted by our own version of the "lady in the red dress", whatever form she may take.

[fredyph]

When people watched this movie 20 years ago, no one would have been able to imagine that 20 years later it will describe the reality of the day so perfectly!

[JoeMagician]

Morpheus walking right through the crowd, them parting perfectly around him. Shows how many times he's run the program before. He knows exactly where everyone is going to walk and how to avoid them while looking as cool as possible.