A Glitch in the Matrix

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    108 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2020
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Rodney Ascher
CAST INCLUDES:
Nick Bostrom, Joshua Cooke, Erik Davis

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

What if we are living in a simulation, and the world as we know it is not real? To tackle this mind-bending idea, acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Asher's (ROOM 237, THE NIGHTMARE) Sundance Film Festival official selection uses a noted speech from Philip K. Dick to dive down the rabbit hole of science, philosophy, and conspiracy theory. Leaving no stone unturned in exploring the unprovable, the film uses contemporary cultural touchstones like THE MATRIX, interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a wide array of voices, expert and amateur alike. If simulation theory is not science fiction but fact, and life is a video game being played by some unknowable entity, then who are we, really? A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX attempts to find out.

SYNOPSIS

Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles this question “are we living in a simulation?” with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his for the answer.

A Glitch in the Matrix

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    108 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2020
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Rodney Ascher
CAST INCLUDES
Nick Bostrom, Joshua Cooke, Erik Davis
What if we are living in a simulation, and the world as we know it is not real? To tackle this mind-bending idea, acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Asher's (ROOM 237, THE NIGHTMARE) Sundance Film Festival official selection uses a noted speech from Philip K. Dick to dive down the rabbit hole of science, philosophy, and conspiracy theory. Leaving no stone unturned in exploring the unprovable, the film uses contemporary cultural touchstones like THE MATRIX, interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a wide array of voices, expert and amateur alike. If simulation theory is not science fiction but fact, and life is a video game being played by some unknowable entity, then who are we, really? A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX attempts to find out.

Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles this question “are we living in a simulation?” with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his for the answer.

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