Reality in ExistenZ

ExistenZ is a film that primarily engages with our perception of reality. It plays on our perceptions of what reality is, cleverly cultivating a sense of the unknown through subtle distortions of our reality; playing with the medium of film which is, in essence, a suspension of disbelief. ExistenZ uses the knowledge that as a viewer we will accept 'the world of the film' to be a reality because, it is a different world, one …

…us when one of the players is confronted by our two protagonists and asks, ‘Hey, tell me the truth. Are we still in the game?’ The ending of ExistenZ shows to us how deeply Cronenburg has drawn us into false realities, making us question right until the very last and beyond, the truth of what we are seeing, playing with the way in which we conventionally view life and how easily we can be deceived.