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The Wachowskis. Lana Wachowski (born Larry Wachowski; June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (born Andy Wachowski; December 29, 1967) [1] are American film and television directors, writers and producers. [2] The sisters are both trans women.
Lana Wachowski. Writer: The Matrix. Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight creative ...
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Mar 9, 2016 · Published on March 9, 2016 12:35PM EST. Lana (left) and Lilly Wachohski.Photo: Lilly Wachowski; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty. The Wachowskis are siblings, partners in Hollywood, and, most...
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June 21, 1965 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Birth name. Laurence Wachowski. Height. 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m) Mini Bio. Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012).
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- 'Bound'is of A Genre That’S Often Been Unkind to Queer People
- 'Bound' Let Queer People Be The Heroes Instead of The Villains
- 'Bound' emphasises The Importance of Community For Queer Peoples
- 'Bound's Cinemtaography Conforms to Classic Noir Motifs
- 'Bound' Is Full of Queer Metaphors
Part of what makes the Wachowski sisters and their handling of queer material so fascinating is the genres they’ve chosen to explore as filmmakers. Typically, the duo has entered terrain that has often embraced reinforcing cis-het norms and turning the norms on their head. The Matrix, for instance, was the latest in a long line of sci-fi “chosen on...
This title is rooted in many of the visual and thematic hallmarks of classic noirs but is also conscious of subverting the default approach to gender and sexuality in these vintage titles. Conceptually, these films were supposed to reinforce the idea that subversive women were “wrong” and that all queers were evil. The Wachowskis established their ...
One fun queer element of the Wachowski’s is the emphasis on community. Characters coded as queer have families or chosen families that provide them with love and support. Individuals that can represent queer experiences and people aren’t surviving alone, they’re surrounded by those who embrace their unique attributes rather than erase them. They al...
Though that element bucks the trend of noir standards, the cinematography of Bound is still dripping with shadows, dark lighting, and moody framing, all visual hallmarks of the genre. Here, these details are used to quietly reinforce how the very existence of queerness is often suffocated to the point that it can only exist in the margins of societ...
The film also establishes this directorial duo’s affinity for endearingly on-the-nose visual metaphors for queerness. The most notable example of that here comes from two separate interactions Caesar has with the film’s leading ladies. The first sees Caesar interrupting Violet’s plans to pack her bags and get out of her marriage, with Caesar stuffi...
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Aug 7, 2020 · Getty Images. Lilly accepts the oustanding series GLAAD Award for Sense8 in 2016. The Matrix films are about being transgender, the trilogy's co-director says. "That was the original intention but...
Jan 1, 2022 · Even apart, the Wachowskis show how wide-ranging their skills and interests are, and that's something certainly needed more within the industry. To celebrate that, here's a look at the eight movies directed by the Wachowski sisters, and a ranking them from worst to best.
