... of illusion versus reality. Illusion versus reality is brought out in this film by symbolism, dialogue, camera angles and costume. Throughout the first few scenes of the film, there is continual reference to the story of Alice in wonderland. In The Matrix, Neo's computer tells him to "follow the ... white rabbit." This is symbolic of the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. It symbolises a new journey filled with mystery and danger. The Matrix is a dream ... world. It is an illusion and mankind is completely ignorant of this fact. They are unable to see that they, like Alice, are in a ...

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... 90's. 'The films made much of an announcement of Australia as a strange lot. The notion of Australia as 'down-under' and therefore an upside-down place, 'Alice in Wonderland' style shines through in Australian films of the 90's.' Films like Muriel's Wedding, Strictly Ballroom and Pricilla were celebrations of Australianess - combining everyday life with colourful, quirky characters and storylines. These ... adventurous, colourful and quirky - and like the films - never, never boring! End "In the film the Australian becomes something akin to a subculture...the film makes much of its annou...

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... at 10:00pm on September 6th, 1998 when federal agents in thirty-one American cities working in conjunction with law enforcement agencies from eleven different countries brought down the largest child pornography ring in the history of law enforcement (Allbritton, 1998). The "W0nderland Club" whose name was derived from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, long a symbolic favorite of the pedophilic underworld, spanned ... the globe (Gabo, 1998). The club was composed of members that paid one hundred dollars a month for access to the child pornography library that was maintained through ol...

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