10 Things You Didn't Know About The Matrix Trilogy

The Matrix is known for its dynamic and instantly recognisable palette, as Bill Pope (all three films' cinematographer) succeeded in masterfully sculpting, shaping and immortalising the series' signature rainy-day infusion of green, black and grey.

This visual design is supposed to be a reflection of the dull artifice of the matrix programme -- as if life has literally been sapped out of every frame. While nowadays a filmmaker might just remove all of this in post, Pope, the Wachowskis and production designer Owen Paterson worked with an extensive production team as well as city officials where their on-location filming took place, in order to make the films as monochromatic as possible.

So dedicated were the production team to creating this late-90s/ early-'00s cyber aesthetic, they went as far as to have all colourful objects removed from their sets and shots, going into painstaking detail to ensure every scene looked just right.

This goes for the Oakland-shot car chase in Reloaded in particular, which, in the sequence prior to entering the custom-built highway, required road sign changes, the repainting of whole stretches of pavement and, ironically, the removal of all greenery.

Sadly, Pope will not be returning for Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections, but given this sequel promises a whole new, Revolutions-esque iteration of the matrix, perhaps this is only fitting.