What is Burly Brawl?
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The name given to the action sequence that took place in a computer program called The Matrix in the film "The Matrix" in which super-Neo would battle more than 100 Agent Smiths in an extended orgy of kung fu.
As the team tossed ideas around for one hellacious fight scene that became known in-house as the Burly Brawl, Gaeta realized that the innovative technology he and his crew developed for The Matrix's ultra slo-mo action sequences would not be sufficient to bring the Wachowskis' new vision to the screen.
(Bullet Time was just the beginning. F/x guru John Gaeta reinvents cinematography with The Matrix Reloaded.
By Steve Silberman) {Wired Magazine issue 11.05 May 2003}
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