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Total Film described ‘The Matrix’ as the ‘sci-fi film of the millennium’. How can you account for its success?
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JH4 June 2002 Total Film described 'The Matrix' as the 'sci-fi film of the millennium'. How can you account for its success? The sci-fi, or science fiction, genre is one that has been popular among authors, directors and their audiences alike for many years. The genre first started to gain mainstream popularity in the nineteen forties. There were great numbers of sci-fi books published, and indeed many films made after the pioneering book '1984', written by George Orwell. This was groundbreaking in its advanced ideas about the future of the planet. Amongst these early films were 'Devil Girl from Mars', 'Cat Women on the Moon', 'The Forbidden Planet' and 'Attack of the 50ft Woman'. Later there were also many sci-fi television series, for example 'Star Trek' and '2001 a Space Odyssey'. These very often involved humans battling against a large evil creature or civilisation, or a male hero rescuing a 'damsel in distress'...
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