Materialization of the hyper-real in the matrix: Inermidiality between Baudrillard and Matrix

Abstract

The influences of Jean Baudrillard's (1991) theorie in present in Matrix (1999) can be interpreted through the process of media transposition (RAJEWSKY, 2005). In the theory arising from Simulacra and Simulation (1991), the reproduction of the hyper-real happens through the manipulation of truth, the uncontrolled reproduction of simulacra and the collectivization of identities, this is the reference book for cinematographic production. In the film, these theories are analyzed through experience within the simulation program created by the machines called Matrix. In this virtual system, the mind is subject to slavery since it is through it that the information inputs and outputs sent to the brain occur to keep human beings numb. This article seeks to clarify the connection points between the two works and to analyze how the concept of intermidiality helps in understanding the transposition between the two media: writing and film production. Finally, it is observed that the relationship between the two works mentioned here is essentially an intermidiality process.

Keywords

• matrix
• hiper-real
• intermidialidade
• simulações.