The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes.

While Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, claims to have used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design ... What's False: ... the Japanese characters were mixed with ...

Bullets that defy gravity and time, code falling like rain down the screen -- the visual effects of the original "Matrix" movie quickly became iconic upon its release in 1999.

The green, falling digital code depicted as rain in the film "The Matrix" consisted of Japanese sushi recipes. Rating: What's True: While Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, ...