The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes.

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the ...

Fans may remember code from the opening scene of 'The Matrix.' What they likely don't know is that it's text from Japanese cookbooks.

Whip up some artistic license and imagine the "previous" Matrix versions. The sequels describe a paradisiacal predecessor to the Matrix that was too idyllic, and another earlier, nightmarish Hobbesian ...

The production designer behind ’The Matrix’ spills on where all that green code came from.