Larry to Lana

Rare appearance of 'The Matrix' director Lana Wachowski, first time since her gender reassignment

Reclusive directors are incredibly alluring. To prove this point one need only think of the recently passed Chris Marker, who would send a picture of a cat when he was asked for a headshot, or the borderline absurdist appearance of Terrence Malick on TMZ. It is not merely the fact that in a gossip-crazed industry their private lives remain a mystery, but more so that their works can take on an added ambiguity. In eschewing the red carpet, often the motivation, inspiration, and creative reasoning behind their films remains elusive. While most get a pass when it comes to their personal life, this was never the case with Lana Wachowski. Half of the sibling directorial pair behind The Matrix and formerly known as Larry, for the first time Lana has appeared on screen after her male-to-female transition.

Following a much publicized and bitter divorce from her wife, Thea Bloom, in 2002, tabloids had a further field day after she wore “an unusual hat” to Cannes and attended the 2003 festival with a dominatrix. It was around this time that speculation regarding her choice to transition to female began to circulate. Notoriously private—her contracts with Warner Bros. in the past have stipulated a “no-publicity” clause—this is the first time Lana has appeared publicly since her transition. And given her past guarded nature, this seems to suggest that it wasn’t until now that she felt the need, or even desired, to do so. As this post proves, Lana's choice to partake in the promotion of Cloud Atlas will certainly be analyzed and dissected, but ultimately all there is to say is good for her. Lana has managed her personal choices with more dignity and privacy than is often seen in Hollywood. Additionally, she has chosen to make this appearance about her film and not her private life. This isn't out of shame, but because, as it has always been with the Wachowskis, it is about putting the film first. And with that Lana is staying true to herself.
The short and cleverly edited video is a promotion for Cloud Atlas, the first feature from the Wachowskis since the 2008 re-make of Speed Racer, and based on the David Mitchell book of the same name. Flanked by her co-writers and directors, Tom Tykwer and her brother Andy, the three introduce the sci-fi, genre-bending film, which will play at TIFF.

It's his business if he wants to mutilate his genitalia, but he's a he. Chromosomes and that.

you think gender must be the same as biological sex?

On a semi-related note, I'm looking forward to Cloud Atlas.

Originally posted by Oliver North
you think gender must be the same as biological sex?

No. He can personally refer to himself as a woman, her, she or a unicorn. I'm taking a stand though.

Originally posted by Robtard
No. He can personally refer to himself as a woman, her, she or a unicorn. I'm taking a stand though.

lol, just to be a dick then? 😛

Don't care. Shitty filmmaker regardless of gender. Fluked his way to one good movie. Cloud Atlast will be Southland Tales 2.

Originally posted by BackFire
Don't care. Shitty filmmaker regardless of gender. Fluked his way to one good movie. Cloud Atlast will be Southland Tales 2.

I didn't know the Wachowskis were involved with Southland tales.

Originally posted by Oliver North
lol, just to be a dick then? 😛

Pretty much.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
I didn't know the Wachowskis were involved with Southland tales.

They weren't. But it was a similar endeavor. High expectations, looked to be extremely ambitious and unique. Ended up being a pretentious abortion of a movie. What happens when the ambition of a filmmaker exceeds their talent.

I don't think I've ever been more emotionally knotted-up than I am at the moment.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
I don't think I've ever been more emotionally knotted-up than I am at the moment.

what does that mean

Originally posted by Robtard
No. He can personally refer to himself as a woman, her, she or a unicorn. I'm taking a stand though.

honestly after watching the movie "teeth", he can do whatever he wants to his privets, just wonder if they put them in a jar afterwards? He looks better as a women infact, he looks now like a mom then he did as a creepy old guy with glasses? 😮

Originally posted by rudester
what does that mean

It's a long-winded, sarcastic way of saying "I don't give a shit."

For a black-out moment there I forgot that Lana was an actual name. One of our first courses was called Linear algebra and numerical analysis, often abbreviated Lana.

Frankly I don't give a shit. I liked the Matrix and I doubt I've seen -- and ever will see -- any other movie produced by him, and even if I had I couldn't care less off the producers.

Well...tough for me to call as no case is the same.

But what business is this of mine? 😬 I know, I know, "But what about the bathroom thing! You are affected by that!"

I just don't care. I am fine taking dumps or pissing in the same bathroom with any gender or non-gender, whatever...we are all humans and have to shit, too.

There's nothing immoral about getting a sex change.

The only real consideration would be how a patient's family will respond.

I'm fairly liberal on the social spectrum, and I roll my eyes most of the time when politicians talk "family values", but I can't imagine a much more stressful scenario for a family than to have to remember a new name and face.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
T...but I can't imagine a much more stressful scenario for a family than to have to remember a new name and face.

lol, you're good!

Origin of the word, matrix:
1325–75; Middle English matris, matrix < Latin mâtrix female animal kept for breeding ( Late Latin: register, orig. of such beasts), parent stem (of plants), derivative of mâter mother.

"Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."
-- Morpheus

Originally posted by BackFire
Don't care. Shitty filmmaker regardless of gender. Fluked his way to one good movie. Cloud Atlast will be Southland Tales 2.

Stop hating on the sequels bro even if you found them slightly disappointing they were still good movies. Reloaded was probably as good as if not better than the first and the 3rd was still a good movie.