”Corky. I want to tell you something.”
“I know, Violet. I know. It’s why I’m still here.”
The thing that interests me most about the Wachowski sisters as filmmakers is the tension between their innate talent for making watchable films and their clear desire to make exceptional ones. They come by the cinematic vivacity naturally, but then the rollercoaster three-dimensional whip pans are followed by a hangdog afterglow — “okay, that was fun, but what is this really about?” It’s…