What Happened On The 13th Floor
Like animism and ancestor worship.
What happened on the 13th floor. I found a great blog piece that sheds some light on the cultural context of our irrational neuroses and rituals. What also happened was that they both shared a similar concept with another movie which too released in the same year of 1999 the matrix. The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky.
Both were good movies the thirteenth floor was better in many ways. The thirteenth floor is a 1999 neo noir science fiction crime thriller film written and directed by josef rusnak and produced by roland emmerich it is loosely based upon simulacron 3 1964 a novel by daniel f. And some have really stuck like our irrational fear of the 13th floor among others.
But another owner took the pains of having it removed and changing all room numbers above the 12th floor at a later date. The hotel burnham which opened in 1895 as the reliance building once had a 13th floor. Reasons for omitting a thirteenth floor include triskaidekap.
It was restored in 1999 but they still left the 13th floor behind. Image via all over albany. The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m or closing the 13th floor to public occupancy or access.
Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms. A good example is that some have suggested the 13th floor in government buildings is not really missing but actually contains top secret governmental departments or more generally that it is proof of something sinister or clandestine going on. They share a pretty similar concept a world within another world.
Galouye and a remake of the german film world on a wire 1973.