Detta diskuterades av den notoriskt hemlighetsfulla Wachowskis i en av de få intervjuer gjorde de (på deras distributörs insisterande) för att marknadsföra The Matrix.
WachowskiBros: One of the things we tried to do with the Neb for when we were shooting “in the real world” was use long lenses to separate the humans from the backgrounds as opposed to when we shot the Matrix we used short lenses to place the humans in specific deep spaces. We also tinted all of the lights blue in the “real world” and green in the Matrix.
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Spark: What made you decide on the green tint for being in the Matrix?
WachowskiBros: It was a whole motif inspired by the phosphorous green of old PC’s.