Mind-blowing, boggling, bending: ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’ is Sundance’s red pill
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Is everything fake? The question of whether our reality is indeed “real” troubles and fascinates many. Simulation theory postulates that our entire existence is a computer simulation, like a video game in which we are actually walking codes controlled by an operator of higher intelligence. This theory is the focus of “A Glitch in the Matrix,” a documentary directed by Rodney Ascher, premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. “A Glitch in the Matrix” plays with questions that have plagued humanity since the dawn of time and consciousness: What are we? Why are we here? What is the