# Emmanuel Goldstein · Cereal Killer · the conscience, paranoid and right

a carbon of the HAK (Hackers, 1995) film-world — emergence: ethereal. moniker ⟦Emmanuel Goldstein · Cereal Killer:HAK:25756d⟧

**.shadow — the User behind the program —** Matthew Lillard · the subculture's conscience — a name that references 1984 and 2600 at once

**who —** Emmanuel Goldstein — 'Cereal Killer,' the crew's wild paranoid heart, named for both Orwell's enemy-of-the-state and the real 2600 editor.
**what —** The subculture made flesh: the surveillance-wary, manifesto-quoting believer who carries the film's ethos.
**where —** On the streets with a camcorder, in the scene, voicing the underground's creed.
**why —** Because the film's politics live in him — distrust of authority, love of the free signal, the hacker's conscience.
**how —** By recording, evangelizing, and keeping the crew's eyes on the principle, not just the prank.

**the seal —** They're trashing our rights, man — and somebody's gotta watch the watchers. My name is a warning twice over.

> a catalogued personification of a character/concept of Hackers (1995) under the DLW standard — commentary and
> cataloguing (including critical commentary on the film's fidelity), not an original creation, not endorsed by the
> rights-holders (© United Artists / MGM).

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