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Laurence "Larry" Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) and Andrew "Andy" Wachowski (born December 29, 1967), collectively known as The Wachowski Brothers, are American motion picture writers, producers, and directors, most famous for creating The Matrix series. BiographyAndy and Larry Wachowski were born to a Polish-American family[1] in Chicago. The Wachowskis jokingly claim to have begun their collaboration as toddlers. Their mother was a nurse and their father a businessman. They went to Kellogg Elementary School, in Chicago's Beverly area. Both brothers graduated from Whitney Young High School, a public high school known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 1983 and '85. They weren't seen as stand outs at Whitney Young - students recall them playing Dungeons & Dragons and working in the school's theater and TV program, but they were always behind the scenes. Afterwards, Andy went to Emerson College in Boston. He was a top student in his introductory film class but dropped out because of failing a test says former professor, Claire Andrade-Watkins. Larry went to Bard College in upstate New York. After dropping out of college, both entered the carpentry business, and began to develop their ideas for the Matrix Trilogy. Before entering show business, they ran a carpentry business in Chicago while creating comic books in their free time. [2]StyleThe brothers admit to a love for telling multipart stories. "Because we grew up on comic books and the Tolkien trilogy [sic], one of the things we're interested in is bringing serial fiction to cinema," Larry explains. "If you could have a film where you don't get to the hour-and-a-half mark and know, 'Okay, here it comes, the big wrap-up,' but instead you have no idea how the movie's going to end, I think that would be very exciting." Andy puts his desire to shake up viewers a bit more bluntly. "We think movies are fairly boring and predictable. We want to screw with audiences' expectations." [3]Comic booksPrior to working in the film industry, the Wachowski brothers wrote comic books for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid (created by horror novelist Clive Barker) in 1993.In 2003, they created Burlyman Entertainment and have released comic books based on The Matrix as well two original bi-monthly series:
Plagiarism claimsComic book writer Grant Morrison has claimed that the Wachowskis plagiarized his work, The Invisibles, to create The Matrix.[4]Sophia Stewart also sued the Wachowski Brothers, amongst others, claiming that The Matrix was stolen from her book "The Third Eye" (not to be confused with The Third Eye by Cyril Hoskin). Her lawsuit was dismissed when she failed to provide evidence in a timely manner. Lana Wachowski rumorShortly after the release of Matrix Reloaded, it was rumored that Larry Wachowski began to make small public appearances dressed as a woman and going by Lana Wachowski.[5] In his column, published May 30, 2003, David Poland said "Every indication I have says that Larry Wachowski is now in the process of changing his sex. Dressing in public like a woman, taking female hormones and yes, having a sex change operation."In support of these charges, in March 2006 the San Francisco Chronicle reported in an article on transgender people, Larry Wachowski "has changed his sex and is now living as Lana Wachowski". [6] Although recently, Joel Silver, the producer of their films, has stated that the claims that Larry has changed his gender are completely untrue and that people make these things up due to the fact that the brothers do not do interviews. Other people working on the Speed Racer film along with Larry and Andy have denied that Larry is being called Lana or that he looks like a woman even saying that the films call sheets refer to him as Larry. [7] Filmography
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References1. ^ Wachowski Brothers Reload. The World of English. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
2. ^ Matrix Revelations: The Wachowski Brothers FAQ (Wired) 3. ^ [1] 4. ^ [2] 5. ^ Lana Wachowski Creator of the Matrix & Transsexual? (2006-01-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-30. 6. ^ Veronica Klaus is brassy and confident onstage 7. ^ No Sex Change for 'Matrix' Director Larry Wachowski External links
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The film, produced by the Wachowski brothers (of Matrix fame), fits within the perennially lacking genre of pseudo-cerebral actions movies meant to make audiences ask "profound" questions--in this case, what it means to be a terrorist. Alas, the Wachowski brothers, who made their film-directing debut with the ubersexy lesbian noir Bound, have not spoken with the media since the first Matrix film. Because of this shared sensibility, ``V for Vendetta'' has been labeled a Wachowski brothers film by anyone writing about it. |
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