Did
you know that international assassin John Wick retired briefly and
pursued his love of restoring and collecting Victorian children’s books?
Well, that was in the original script, at any rate. I was hired to
recommend, track down and purchase books, including first editions of
Thomas Bewick’s beautifully illustrated Fables of Aesop. I also trained
Keanu Reeves in various bookbinding skills, worked on set as technical
advisor while they shot those scenes, and doubled for his hands in
close-ups. His shop – which you see briefly on screen when he smashes
open the floor – was filled with my books, cabinets, tools and
equipment. On the sequel, I also helped out with the marker book and a
few other things.
‘John Wick’ synthesizes Keanu’s greatness—his central, thematic loneliness; his command of physicality and stillness; and his peculiarly vulnerable masculinity.
Keanu Reeves’s filmography described by a tired 3am me ( @aromaticpurple, this was partly your idea)
The Matrix: man gets a big coat; learns kung fu; fights killer robots. Weird brain stuff ensues.
John Wick: sad former assassin’s dog killed, now a whole bunch more people have to die also (read: the entire Russian Mafia)
Speed: a bomb. A bus. A bomb on a bus. A guy on a bus, with a bomb on it. Will he save all the people? (Yes)
Point break: “The FBI’s going to pay me to learn to surf?”
The Matrix reloaded: Even longer coats. Clones + more clones. Weird underground rave sex; evil Frenchman
John wick Chapter 2: sad former assassin has to go back to assassining again, all because of a bastard with ridiculous hair. New doggo
The Matrix revolutions: Bleak apocalyptic future. Fun with train stations. Whoops look who’s got psychic powers now
The day the earth stood still: huge robot friend made of little mechanical bees, alien with a suit and a weird name who controls electricity or something. Reads minds too, I think
47 ronin: John wick what are you doing in ancient Japan?
Constantine: Annoyed exorcist smokes; punches demons in the face; visits hell using a cat and a bucket of water. Smoking kills, kids
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