blog 24

According to Danahay and Rieder Coppertop is an average working class Americans under capitalism. These people are often exploited, paid less than they should have earned. To make sure they are producing worth their salary workers are under constant surveillance. The Matrix amplifies this ongoing system of capitalism very well. Human beings are workers producing energy source in exchange for a delusional world (The Matrix) to mentally live in. The reason Human being are compare as workers under capitalism because they do not recognize the relationship between their labor and the capital that they produce. They don’t have the knowledge that they are forced to work, believing that they sell their labor voluntarily. They are exploited because they are not able to choose how and when they work. Human being in The Matrix is like factory workers or office clerk working roll by roll, in a dead end job that will get them nowhere. In this chapter Danahay and Reider state that the film fall short of convincing the audience to resist the Matrix. They claim that the directors use cinematic technique to made The Matrix seem like an acceptable place to live. The directors made The Matrix appear as colorful, lively and full of life. As we could see that in the Matrix the crew dresses in good clothing, they have beautiful hair and no hole in the back of their head everybody look their best. They also equipped with all the weapon and gun they desire, just by simply uploading of programs. Not to mention the ability to fight like jet li which of cause they were not able to in the real world. In contrast, the director made the real world seem as a burn out city from the result of war between human and machine. People on the ship eat tasteless food that look like whole wheat. They wear old clothes, head shave with a hole in the back of their neck. The colors in the real world were shot in black and white to give the viewers the feeling that life in the real world is harsh and unpleasant to live in, unworthy of fighting for. In the movie Sleep Dealer, The issue of capitalism is also play well. The movies give us a sense that one day it could all be real. Illegal immigrant can be exploited right in their own land without having to cross into United State. Technology can be a scary thing because it keep people isolated, less human interaction.