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Fanimatrix - The Matrix Re-done By Fans
wishes writes "It appears Matrix fans have banded together to create the fanimatrix. From the Trailer it's not just an amateur event either.
Release date is 27th September. " From the trailer, the movie actually looks good!
if you're only looking for the torrent link to the trailer: here goes
Here is the torrent for the mpeg. Fanimatrix 14MB mpeg trailer
I like the work they put in their project and it looks really nice. Must have been great fun to shoot the movie, too.
I once did a statist-job for a small film, and it is fun. The same fun people write software for.
There is a similar, albeit not so complicated and shaped project at Matrix-XP.
more distributed load bearing
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Here is the FAQ. There isn't much other info on the site...
;) That and the amount of petrol we spent zooming around town.
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F.A.Q.
Q. What the heck does "Fanimatrix" mean?
A. It's the "Fan"-imatrix. As in it's a "fan" film.
Q. Will there by any sequels?
A. Depends. If the movie is popular enough across the Net and if nobody objects to the material, then we may yet see more "Fanimatrix" movies before long. We sure had a lot of fun putting the film together and would relish a second chance, possibly with better equipment and more money as well.
Q. What the heck IS Medusa doing in that office building?
A. Both her and Dante's stories provide lead-in material for a larger body of work should more "Fanimatrix" movies be made. You'll have to wait and see.
Q. What was the most expensive part of the whole project?
A. Possibly Dante's outfit. The actor - Steven A. Davis - got a little carried away we think
Q. What city is the story set in?
A. "Run Program" is not set in the same city that Neo lives in - for one thing all the cars drive on the left side of the road. Although the film is shot in Auckland, we always intended that the setting be something of a bohemian location - possibly Europe. To answer your question succinctly, we didn't really think about it.
Q. What was the most difficult part of the whole project?
A. Possibly the three consecutive nights of shooting in the machine-shop location and the Goth bar - over 48 hours of constant filming and practically all of it involving martial arts, wire-fx and handling large amounts of crew and cast. Combined with incredible lack of sleep, sore muscles and the freezing cold, it was the hardest shoot we'd ever done (professionally or otherwise) and many of us went home that night with our bodies riddled with physical pain and exhaustion.
Q. Is that copy of NMap on Medusa's machine trying to port-scan itself?
A. Shutupshutupshutupshutup....
Q. What are your backgrounds in filmmaking?
A. See our cast and crew page (coming soon).
Q. What sort of martial arts are featured in the "Fanimatrix"?
A. The same type you see in the feature films: Wushu (a.k.a. Chinese Martial Arts or Kung Fu).
Q. Is the story of "Run Program" canon?
A. No, the "Fanimatrix" films are not to be considered canon at all. We are in no way affiliated or involved with the Warschowski Brothers, Warner Brothers Pictures, Silver Pictures or Village Roadshow.
There are more references in the movie to Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation." In fact, the entire movie is based on his world of signs without a reference ("the simulacra is the truth that hides the fact that there is none").
All through the movie signs are placed and later shown to be fake.
Furthermore Baudrillard advocates all out terrorism and violence to destroy the system (he does that in the last essay in the book), but admits that even terrorism will be assimilated into the system of simulacra by the simulators.
The gnostic and biblical references are just sugar coating.
Legally speaking, I believe they are. IANAL, but I did take a business law course which discussed the *real* necessities for a copyright infringement lawsuit, and, while I don't remember precise details, I do remember that having to document dollar-value losses is not a part of the requirement. Tarnishment is considered a viable 'loss' as are several other intangibles.
Think for a moment that you're a company who's copyrighted work is being subjected to a fan-imitation work that you've AUTHORIZED. Someone else comes along and does the same thing and finishes there work before the authorized fan-mimicked work is released. The second one comes out, and your attempts to market it have now been cut short.
In addition, you may not want people dilluting your trademarked logo, fictitious world, or concepts. Trademark is a whole new can of worms, though, and I don't remember enough of that to really get deep into it, either.
Suffice it to say that your two reasons wouldn't cut the mustard, unfortunately.
Moo
People have always done these kinds of things for the films that they enjoy. Go to The Force.Net. All sorts of fan movies.
There was even an article here on slashdot about some KIDS that were remakng Indiana Jones (I can;t find it though. I'm sure someone will point it out for us)
Or, when you said no one has done this before, you were talking about the matrix? Well My favortie just happens to be matrix based.
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