Tron and the construction of an electronic world

Authors

  • Carolina Figueiredo Faculdade Vale do Ipojuca/Faculdades Integradas Barros Melo

Keywords:

Tron, electronic world, cyberspace

Abstract

In the early 80, period of of informatics great development, the first artistic representations of cyberspace begin to emerge. In cinema, the movie Tron (1982) is a pioneer to construct the electronic world, by giving it shape and color. This paper aims to analyze this construction and its relations with the film narrative as well its implications in Matrix (1999) e Tron Legacy (2010). In order to do that the paper Tron: a pioneer representation of cyberspace (FIGUEIREDO, 2011), expanding some of its considerations.

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Published

2011-12-07

How to Cite

FIGUEIREDO, Carolina. Tron and the construction of an electronic world. Revista GEMInIS, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 2, p. 238–248, 2011. Disponível em: https://revistageminis.ufscar.br/index.php/geminis/article/view/91. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.