The Fanimatrix | |
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Directed by | Rajneel Singh |
Produced by |
Steven A. Davis Rajneel Singh |
Written by |
Steven A. Davis Rajneel Singh |
Starring |
Steven A. Davis Farrah Lipsham Fasitua Amosa Vaughan Beckley |
Music by | Don Davis |
Cinematography | Rajneel Singh |
Edited by | Rajneel Singh |
Distributed by | Plutonian Shore Productions, Absolute O Productions |
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Running time
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16 minutes |
Country | New Zealand |
Language | English |
Budget | $500US |
The Fanimatrix (full title The Fanimatrix: Run Program) is a science fiction/action fan film based on The Matrix, released on the Internet on 27 September 2003, written and directed by Steven A. Davis and Rajneel Singh. It stars Steven A. Davis, Farrah Lipsham, Fasitua Amosa, and Vaughan Beckley. Its name is a deliberate pun using the title The Animatrix and the term fan film. Hence it is a live-action, fan-made version of The Animatrix.
The short film is set within the Matrix universe, shortly before the discovery of "The One" (in The Matrix). It tells a story of two rebels, Dante and Medusa, operating out of a ship called the Descartes, and of their fateful mission onto the virtual world of the Matrix.
The film opens with the insertion of Dante and Medusa into the Matrix. They materialize inside a machine-shop and quickly move across the city while talking to their Operator, who is guiding them on their mission. The night's objectives are simple: Medusa is to break into a high-security building in order to steal important data. Dante is to provide a distraction so the Matrix will not discover Medusa's presence.
Dante heads for a particularly rough nightclub populated with cyberpunks and goths. After dispatching the two bouncers, he quickly picks a fight with two goths who mock Dante's "normal" appearance. The Operator - who is in constant contact with Dante via his cellphone - helps coordinates the fight so it coincides with Medusa breaking into the high-security building and taking out a team of security officers.