
#28 - The Matrix (1999)
Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast
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The Log Line for the Matrix
Jamie Bell had a hard time with this log line too. I came up with a long line that I'm very happy with, but it took me a long time to get there just looking at the movie and seeing what the visual evidence was of what he achieves. This one felt to me more internal like, am I the one? And really what we're chasing is what's Nio's goal in the second act. Because the first act is just fine truth. That's it. The problem with the movie like this is what is Nio’s goal? Yeah. It doesn't mean all movies have that, but most of these archetypical commercial stories have that kind of
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