Keanu Reeves is mesmerizing. A box-office Hollywood star raised on punk rock; a subtle and honest actor with a minimalistic approach to the game; a modest "boyfriend of the whole Internet"; a grunge bassist; a motorcycle connoisseur; a meme in the flesh. This man has been a time traveler (and more than once), a tongue—tied teenager (and more than one), a mad scientist, a digital messiah, a tired killer... "I think all of Keanu's films are partly autobiographical, whether he knows about it or not," writes Alex Pappadimas, having studied the entire filmography of Keanu Reeves and having learned everything about him that you can know without being Keanu Reeves himself. Keanu Reeves is an absolute legend and one of the most mysterious actors of our time. He lives and plays contrary to all the traditions of stardom and invariably remains the object of worldwide, unconditional, albeit slightly ironic adoration. Over the years of his career, Keanu Reeves has managed to remain himself and at the same time turned into a Zen empty vessel where viewers pour their expectations. Keanu Reeves is a star, but not only: in addition, he embodies the very concept of a "good person" and thus unobtrusively lets us know that all is not lost for the world. Alex Pappadimas is a Los Angeles—based journalist, critic and cultural critic, author of The New York Times, GQ, Grantland, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Men's Health, Esquire and Rolling Stone. He had never written books before, and his debut was a success. Here is a deep and detailed study of an amazing phenomenon named Keanu Reeves, as well as Hollywood, popular culture and life in general on this sometimes too entertaining planet. For the first time in Russian!