Dream-truth relationship in cinema: Analysis of Matrix film with mystical approaches

Many philosophy and religion schools have come up to the question of ;what is the essence of truth and existence. Mystical thinkers have accepted the fact that the truth has a reality beyond the visible world. Sufism, on the other hand, is one of these metaphysical doctrines, and it is a spiritual method of moral cleansing applied to bring people to their truth. For the mystic, it is important to be aware of the truth behind the visible world. Cinema is a competent branch of art , with its ability to make the audience sense the reality behind the image in terms of cinematographic, rhetorical and fictional aspects. The art of cinema, which can influnce large audiences, is the meaning of progress that can open the door to the discovery of the heart, in the way of today's people who have lost their truth, to know and discover their truth. In this study, it starts with this question; what is the truth, the perception of reality in cinema is based on the mystical relationship. The relationship between Sufism and cinema has been tried to be made through the Matrix movie in a mystical context. In the film, which gives the message that a person who is not aware of living in a simulation universe can only reach his truth by breaking his own matrix, the perception of the truth of today's world, which Baudrillard refers to in his book "Simularks and Simulation", is questioned. Neo's efforts to reach the perfect human being and his journey to become "that person" are discussed within the framework of mysticism with a mystical point of view. On the other hand, content analysis and semiotics methods were used as a methodology in the study.