At the begining of every Matrix film comes one of the most easily recognizable visuals in the film's franchise—the falling green code. Fans of the movies have often wondered, what does the code mean?

Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, has said he used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design. What's False: The Japanese characters were mixed with other symbols ...

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The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: Simon Whiteley, the production designer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, has said he used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design.