The.Matrix-Ascii Process

I started with someone else's (VKI-MM4-VCDVaULT) DivX copy of The Matrix. I used transcode to extract each frame.
movie frame

I used aview to convert the frame to text. I modified aview to run xwd as soon as it finished rendering the image and then exit.
ascii frame

I used convert to crop, resize and color the image.
matrix frame

I used mencoder to encode the frames into a DivX movie.

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