Blog 12 "Sleep Dealer"

I have to say that Sleep Dealer was a good film. I didn't think that i would be that interested but i was interested the whole time. You can definitely see how this movie was "particularly Mexican" because the story line took place in Mexico and basically everybody was "conceived" to be Mexican. The lead character Memo is a Mexican who starts out as a farmer who works with his father in a small town in the film. The movie being in Spanish definitely marks it as being Latino. Another element that added to the idea of it being particularly Latino was the Mexican bar during the movie that shows a "ranchero" who's playing the snare drum with Mexican type music playing in the background. I believe that the connection between this film and the other films is the basis of machines taking a lead or crucial role in society. The way people connected were through the nodes in Sleep Dealer that was similar to The Matrix in how Neo and the others would be "jacked" into the matrix where they connected to another world. I think that there is a huge difference between this film and The Matrix, especially when it came to the issues of race. In The Matrix, race was definitely not a primary issue of importance because race wasn't even looked at. In fact, the only race to be known was the human race as a whole. In Sleep Dealer race played an exponential role. The focus was on Memo who's family was barely getting by and the government had taken control over the water system. So in looking for a way to support his family, Memo went to look for an opportunity and that opportunity came to him through being a sleep dealer. This movie has racial stereotypes written all over it. This is where Sleep Dealer and The Matrix differ. One thing is certain though. Memo, Neo and Truman all believed that there was more and they were all searching for answers to there unanswered questions. This is greatly important because this desire is what leads them to the climax and synopsis of the story.