the producer of this picture be hungarian . it not by crazy artistic momentum that x and z be capitalize in the title consider that the word isten mean god in hungarian . by the way and david and isten be the word for god in hungarian . hum . be that so . let consider this movie a a history of violence science fictional sibling . both film have in common the strength of blow up respective genre while thriller and drama in the 2005 one and none fx ed a hell science fiction in the one be look at right now . everything he do have a meaning and be surround by detail represent the nod to phil k. dick ( who write in the day of perky pat ) by create a perky pat fast food restaurant . the nod to stanley kubrick by use 2001 naming pattern while a ibm become hal ( one letter down in the alphabet ) in the 1968 movie and in existenz classic lubricant spray wd 40 becomes xe 60 ( one letter up ) when allegra clean up pikul port . the nod to david cronenberg by use videodrome witty kind of formula ( death to . and long live . ) and by take another medium for central theme of a picture ( tv in videodrome and video game and virtual reality in existenz in 1983 and you penetrate a tv set . in 1999 and youre penetrate by a game . welcome to canada . ) the nod to good taste by get peter suschitzky cinematography and howard shore music and ronald sander edit ( a team that win ) . for everyone bear in the early 80 with a super famicom and a genesis or an arcade stick in the hand and this movie ring a bell . enough with the nod . the plot . jennifer jason leigh star a a game designer ( allegra ) who create a virtual reality game that tap into the player mind a we can see on the movie main detail page . that the story in the story . to me and this picture be about a reality demonstrator young couple infiltrate the brand new virtual game presentation session to destroy it programmer . i assume that what we see in the last five minute be reality and if there such thing a reality . jennifer jason leigh be always play a game designer in the game theyre in and the end of the movie be the reality and with video game freak giggle and big hairy dog and cronenbergy realistic plastic texture ( helmet and stuff ) and 9mm handgun . what you see be true . they play transcendenz during an hour or so ( in this game and there a game ( existenz ) in which jjl play existenz genius programmer and jude pikul law a marketing trainee associate with allegra game ) and they play existenz because allegra be very concerned about her pod health ( the thing you plug your nervous system in and in order to play ) and she have to plug herself and pikul in then win the game ( transcendenz ) and back in the reality they kill yevgeny nourish and transcendenz programmer . play existenz and transcendenz be about face your essence and face your subconscious while it create a virtual reality you will have to overcome in unexpected way to win the game ( by play the game and the girl playing allegra and the reality demonstrator turn into allegra and a virtuality goddess ) . what game would heidegger have play to feel his abstract da sein term . to be truly engage in the world . and what about nietschze ( yes friedrich and god be dead and you know what . willem dafoe stand for him . god and the mecanic ) . yes we do construct a narrative for ourselves and and lose this thread we follow from one day to the next disintegrate people a personality while existenz discuss the fact that reality be the whole perception of itself by anyone who engage it truly . and we could sometimes get some neat stuff while a perception of virtuality in virtuality in reality .