The Comparison Between Adorno And Horkheimer's Film The Matrix

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The Matrix is a movie covered in scenes that live one of the biggest theories from discussions from Adorno and Horkheimer critique of the society. Their claim is that the society is in a “state of false consciousness, a consciousness which hides the reality of domination and oppression of the masses under capitalism” (Horkheimer, Max, and Theodor W. Adorno). This is a film that acts as part of what is feed to the masses to continually believe in. most of this information is always propaganda, false news or information that is supposed to condition the people’s way of thinking. In the film “The matrix”, there is a representation daily experiences by chaos in social discrepancy and technical specialization. It is easy to conclude that today’s …show more content…

These claims are set forth to suggest that they (human) are capable living in a tech-wise world. A world where there is no need of good climates or need to care for the environment. A prophetically catastrophic case of displays of creation, utilization, and conveyance is the film "The Matrix" where just a couple of arose from the fantasy of virtual utilization and digital picture to look the substance of financial power and the eco-societal debacle (Horkheimer, Max, and Theodor W. Adorno). "The Matrix" is one of the films that embody some of these realities with where heroes work utilization propensities designed by corporate-media making humans understand that they are not in control of anything that is happening in their lives. A question that prominently flashes in all the viewer’s minds is, “Are you in control?” But then not much option is given to humans as their destiny is manipulated by what they see and all that they are conditioned to see in the mass media. It is the kind of mass culture over and over described by Adorno and Horkheimer. The two theorists say that it is a culture that focuses on the artificial

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