What was 'The Matrix?'

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"The Matrix"
Released March 31, 1999
Directed by the Wachowski Sisters

"What is the Matrix?"

It's hard to imagine now, but there once was a time when nobody knew what "The Matrix" was. I know this because I worked at a multiplex in 1999. Literally, the entire marketing campaign surrounding the Spring release of the film was built upon the central question from above that Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) poses early in the movie.

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