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.

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That’s according to production designer Simon Whiteley, who designed the “digital rain” but had his work go uncredited. “I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep ... wife's Japanese cookbooks to create the now-famous digital rain. The text is actually a combination of Japanese katakana ...