Finally , Charlotte Morris ’ piece ‘“ Like everyone else you were born into bondage ... The Exploration of Real-World Anxieties Through Illusion and Reality in Postmodern Films ’ uses Freudian and Post-Freudian theories of the phantasmal and libidinal , along with concepts around postmodern simulacra in relation to Film Theory , to read constructions of reality within Neil Jordan ’ s Angela Carter-penned phantasmagorical fairytale-deconstruction The Company of Wolves ( 1984 ) and seminal 1990s techno-thriller and cultural touchstone The Matrix ( 1999 ). In doing so , the piece deploys the questions around fantasy and reality , epistemology and ontology , raised by these texts and as these are intertwined with desire , to reflect upon the contemporary .
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