Киану Ривз: победы, печали и правила жизни

Kianu Rivz zavorazhivaet. Kassovai͡a gollivudskai͡a zvezda, vospitannai͡a na pank-roke; tonkiĭ i chestnyĭ akter s minimalistichnym podkhodom k igre; skromnyĭ "boĭfrend vsego interneta"; granzhevyĭ basist; znatok motot͡siklov; mem vo ploti. Ėtot chelovek pobyval puteshestvennikom vo vremeni (i ne raz), kosnoi͡azychnym podrostkom (i ne odnim), bezumnym uchenym, t͡sifrovym messieĭ, ustalym killerom… "I͡A dumai͡u, vse filʹmy Kianu otchasti avtobiografichny, znaet on sam ob ėtom ili ne znaet", - pishet Aleks Pappadimas, izuchiv vsi͡u filʹmografii͡u Kianu Rivza i uznav o nem vse, chto mozhno znatʹ, ne buduchi samim Kianu Rivzom. Kianu Rivz - bezuslovnai͡a legenda i odin iz samykh zagadochnykh akterov sovremennosti. On zhivet i igraet vopreki vsem tradit͡sii͡am zvezdnosti i neizmenno ostaetsi͡a obʺektom vsemirnogo, bezuslovnogo, khoti͡a i slegka ironicheskogo obozhanii͡a. Za gody svoeĭ karʹery Kianu Rivz umudrilsi͡a ostatʹsi͡a soboĭ i pri ėtom obernulsi͡a dzenskim pustym sosudom, kuda zriteli vlivai͡ut svoi ozhidanii͡a. Kianu Rivz - zvezda, no ne tolʹko: vdobavok on olit͡setvori͡aet samo poni͡atie "khoroshiĭ chelovek" i tem samym nenavi͡azchivo daet nam poni͡atʹ, chto dli͡a mira eshche ne vse poteri͡ano. Aleks Pappadimas - los-andzhelesskiĭ zhurnalist, kritik i kulʹturolog, avtor The New York Times, GQ, Grantland, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Men"s Health, Esquire i Rolling Stone. Knig on ranʹshe ne pisal, i ego debi͡ut udalsi͡a na slavu. Pered vami glubokoe i podrobnoe issledovanie udivitelʹnogo fenomena po imeni Kianu Rivz, a takzhe Gollivuda, populi͡arnoĭ kulʹtury i v t͡selom zhizni na ėtoĭ vremenami slishkom zani͡atnoĭ planete. Vpervye na russkom!

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!