Source of Matrix Style: Rave Culture
The signature Matrix style came out of the rave and club scene of the 1980s and 1990s. The first three clips from different Matrix films ( 1999 , 2003 , and 2003 ) show the derivative 2000s' depiction of what had initially been underground illegal gatherings in warehouses, ice rinks, abandoned buildings, and parks. Note, everything here is reproduced non-commercially under Fair Use, for the purposes of discussion. By the early Millennium, the rave style - black shorts, halter tops, PVC body suits and sunglasses at three in the morning - became a badge of a personal philosophy, a blend of Buddhist and Sanskrit wisdom mixed with gaming, hacker politics and cyberpunk. Here are a few videos and other media from the 1990s which show the original raw sources of the Matrix's signature style, which many have now forgotten. I'm writing as someone who trekked out to an aircraft hangar with a friend in Munich in the summer of 1996, only to find it had been reclaimed from the ra...
