Links

Since there are lots and lots of links for Keanu and Dogstar and the number grows evey day, you have this small menu below, where you're gonna be taken straight to the kind of pages you want. But, in case you want to take a look at ALL links, scroll down.
 
 

Since I have to visit each wepage and check its features before I can add it to the Links -  in order to say what are the good features of it -, this page is permanenetly under construction. And if you know a website or own one, mail me to post your link here, ok? Thanks.
 
 
 

Keanu Web Pages
 

              Keanu Net - That's the classic web site, where you can find nearly everything, from pictures, to info on his movies, going through a chat room, a shop and a bookstore and much, much more.

              Shirley's Ravishing Reeves Review - Unfortunately, it's not being updated anymore... But still lots of unique grabs. And one cana lways hope Shirley is gonna have sometime again to do her famous and incredible updates.

             Emily's Keanu Corner - Her sections include photo gallery, Keanu Colouring Book, Links on Keanu's favorite stuff (Just For Him) - cars, motorcycles, chess... -, What's New. Other sections: The Gallery; Media Alerts; Calculator; Radio Wavs; Postcards; Fan Clubs; Links.

             Reeves Drive - Do you think you need a Keanu touch on your screen? Well, if you use Windows 95 you can find there some startup/shutdown screens. Others sections are: What's New?; News; Keanu Links; Pictures; Films; Wallpaper; Guestbook. Updated really often! One of my favorite sites on the net.

            Chateau K - An incredible collection of exclusive pics of Keanu in the Doheny Days Festival and The All Star Hockey Game... But there are other sections, such as The CK Postcard Rack; The CK Galleryes - fantastic! -; Club CK; The News Stand; In-Room Movies; Ice-O-Plex; Room Service; The CK Lounge; The Library; The Gift Shop; The CK Links, The Guestbook; The Fine Print. Not being updated anymore.

             The Wacky World and Keanu Reeves - It's a wonderful site, full of interesting Keanu stuff, such as pics, animated gifs - you can't miss it!!!!! - and news updated from time to time... :o)

            Keanutopia - Lots of pictures, from press scans to movie stills. Even if you have lots of Keanu pics, I'm sure you'll find some new stuff. Other sections include postcards and a webrings page. The look of the page is amazing...

            KeanuWeb - A easy and very efficient site to navigate. It always has new features and all. Movie profiles can also be found and some rare pics.

           Amajac's Dogstar Page - This is a page on Dogstar, where you can check out on concerts and other things on K's band.

          Why be Normal?: Keanu Reeves - A pretty cool site where you can see: Profile; Gallery [pictures!]; Credits; Reports; Links and Help. Don't forget to check out an animated gif where you can see keanu written in some languages...

          Keanurama - Wanna check out the pictures of Naoko's and Romeo's lists? Well, you can find it and much more there!

           http://www.keanu.simplenet.com/menu.htm - Art Gallery, Filmography, Animeted Gif, Wall Paper, Scrap Book, Covers, Links, Calendar, Poll Message Board, Chat, Feedback, Members Forum and Win My Award are  the sections that make this wonderful site. Take a look at the Art Gallery... It's amusing!

           The Galaxy of Keanu Reeves - A japanese site, in both English and Japanese languages, where you can take a look at: What's New; Filmography, Hot Links; Dogstar; Magazine Screpbook; WWW Club; and much more. Update often.

           KeanuMania - That he is. A Mania... :o) A great site, full of good material. like Articles, Pictures, Links...

           Bill & Ted's Excellent Online Adventure - A site dedicated to one of the dearest characters played by Keanu: Ted and his friend, Bill (Alex Winter). A lot of Pictures, Links on both actors and some cute stuff on the movie.

          Untitled - That's a page full of pictures on Matrix, not only Keanu's but from the cast and directors. Plus a lot of Keanu stuff which you can search for, like the All Keanu link.

          KAREN'S HOLLYWOOD DREAMS - Pics, Poems, Keanu in The Media, Keanu Pics, make of this site a good spot to read more about Keanu...

          Keanu Reeves - A site with material on Johnny Mnemonic, A Walk in the Clouds and some various pics on Keanu.

          Planet Keanu - Well, they haven't updated for sometime, but it's still good to check out the amazing graphic work they did on the page. You can see there some pics and interesting stuff.

          Keanu World - When I got the chance to meet this site I got pretty amazed by the great job being done there... And it made me feel bad for not knowing it... It's full of great stuff and has a part that's just great, with Quotes, updated frequently. Other sections are: What's New, Biography, Movies, Pictures, Quote_of_the_Week, Dogstar, Assembly/Message Board, Poll Rage, Magazine_Articles. Take your time to explore it... :o)

           Celebrity Sightings! - This is a site where you can find lots of things, includings pics of Keanu and River, a slide show (WOW!), a gallery. It's really, really good.
 
 
 

Fan-Clubs

            KeanuInt: the website of Keanu International - This is a web site for people who have always wanted to be a part of a worlwide fan club, but has never found one on the web. Well, here's your chance. Froa  small price, you can get a fanzine, a registration and all of the things you need to be an official "keanu mad girl"... ;o)
 
 
 

Dogstar

           Dogstar - The Official Website - YEEHOO! :o) The page itself is a bit heavy to load, but once you have, there is a shop (to buy OLV and memorabilia on the band), concert dates, news, a message board. Since it's official, you can get the real concert dates and news on their Happy Ending CD - still not to sell.
 
 
 

Mailing Lists

            Keanuaholics - I am a part of it, so I can say it's good to meet Keanu Fans. People from the US, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy... And also has some news and gossip from all over the world.
 
 
 

Interviews

THE GHOST OF THE MACHINE - SET Magazine (Brazilian Movie Magazine) - May 1999 Issue

(Translated by Charlize from Portuguese)

By MARION ROSS

The star of Matrix guarantees that he understood the screenplay of the movie and
talks about the relationship between mankind and technology, Jesus Christ and – of
course – bruises.
 

Don’t you wanna explain to me the plot of Matrix? People are saying that you are the one who understood...

Really? I thought that Carrie-Anne was the only one that had understood the movie!
 

But, then, what do you think the movie is about?

Love. Evolution. Faith. Japanimation. Frank Miller’s comic books. Mythic classic
structures. Questions, doubts. Knowledge. Authority. Systems. Order.
 

Bruises?

No, no bruises. My God, they’re serving a really good wine here while we’re talking.
But the movie begins with my character asking: “What is the Matrix?”. Then, from
this moment on, I think we are asking to ourselves: "What is reality? What surrounds
me?”. The movie also deals with choices, choices you make in your life and the
consequences they bring. When Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne’s character, offers one
of two pills, he offers a choice. You can know what reality is ou you can keep living in
ignorance – that maybe is the easiest alternative. My character believes that he controls his own life. But is that really possible? Is it possible that we are destined to make certain choices? As you can see, there are lots of ways to explain this movie.
 

Don’t you think that maybe this is a little too complicated for an audience that only looks for an adventure full of special effects?

I don’t think so. I think that the Wachowski Brothers know how to balance things. The movie is full of spectacle, but – and that’s what I like about it – it makes sense.
 

Could you tell me how the demanding training that you and the other actors have been through was?

Can’t we talk about the ideas of the movie a little bit more?
 

Sure, make yourself comfortable.

Another interesting topic is the relationship between mankind and technology – the
creator and the creature – and the form that they trade place in the plot.
 

Well, the actor Hugo Weaving hurt himself seriously during the make of the movie. Was it really this tough?

Let’s see. Hugo went under surgery for a broken hip. Carrie-Anne hurt her hip and her ankle. Laurence hit his head pretty hard and opened his eyebrow.
 

What about you?

I couldn’t walk for some days. I mean, I am exaggerating a little, but there were scenes that I had to carry about 50 pounds of equipment – and wait for the special effects sequences, booking, all that stuff. Sometimes, I would stay on my feet, carrying all the guns, for three hours. But I love those challenges. Carrie-Ann, for example, had a take that she would run against a wall and flip, held by wires. She trained for about five months, it took four hours and half to prepare the scene and she only had one shot! Larry Wachowski said that it was just like the Olimpics.
 

I read in na article that you need this movie to be a big hit to keep your star status.

Where have you read that? I would like to meet the guy that wrote that (laughs). And ask him where he takes this information from. And why he invents this kind of stuff.
 

Johnny Mnemonic ended up being not as good as maybe you were expecting. Weren’t you reluctant to get back to this cyberpunk atmosphere in The Matrix?

Not after I read the screenplay and met Larry and Andy. They were really prepared,
and I loved the vision that they have created.
 

But haven’t you ever thought of being more careful?

As na actor, you only expect to do a good job – and that people see it. Then you get
unemployed. And then you get a new job.
 

After so much martial arts training for this movie, have you become a lethal weapon? In what belt are you?

I remember asking Tiger, one of the guys who were training us, in what belt he was. And he answered: “Belt? What you mean, belt?”. In kung fu there is no system of belts. It’s not like that.
 

Do you think that action movies require less from an actor, because they already have so many things going on?

In this film, particularly, I think that those scenes that you would call “action” are in
the story. It’s not pure and simple spectacle. Mas acting is always acting. Maybe it’s
not the same thing as in the soliloquy of Hamlet – the challenges and compensations
are different – but, still, it’s a emotional work.
 

Joel Silver, the producer of The Matrix, said that he sees your character and Carrie Anne Moss’ as Jesus and The Virgin Mary. What you think about all those religious analogies?

One of the things the Wachowski brothers dealt with in the movie is the synthesis of
ideas. That’s why you recognize a character inspirated in Jesus, ou in the Virgin
Mary, or in one of the three kings of the east – Laurence Fishburne, the mentor. You
see machines transforming into insects, human being turned into batteries. You see
objects that look normal, but that have something weird about them. I think that is
what the brothers are proposing to us – not exactly a metamorphosis, but a synthesis,
mixing different religions, different technologies and different ways of telling a story.
 

Which is this talent that makes you character, Neo, so special inside the Matrix? Is it because his brain works so fast that he can surpass the computer? Does he understand the code?

I think that, in the end, he goes even beyond that. It’s not only that his processing
speed is bigger than the computer’s. It’s a kind of instinct, of illumination or conscience.
 
 
 

 KEANU REEVES HOLDS FORTH ON WHAT THE MATRIX MEANS TO HIM

By JEFF BOND

Science fiction fans have long had cause to fear the name Keanu Reeves: JOHNNY
MNEMONIC was a problematic adaptation of the William Gibson story, and the
formulaic action picture CHAIN REACTION brought new meaning to the phrase "cold
fusion."

But it looks like the popular young actor and the genre have finally found the right
combination with the Wachowski Brothers’ THE MATRIX, an eye-popping and
mind-boggling cyberpunk adventure that puts Keanu back inside cyberspace. The
production required Reeves and costars Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and
Hugo Weaving to train arduously in order to learn elaborate kung fu choreography and wire work for the film’s spectacular HongKong-style fight sequences, including a climactic fight in a virtual subway station.

"They built a subway set, and we fought on it for 11 days," Keanu recalls, insisting
that the training aspect of the job was quite necessary. "I'm all thumbs. No, it was a
great fun. It was fun to work on. I think it was hardest on the[Wachowski] brothers,
because we were really under time constraints. But the studio really supported getting
all the shots, etc. And I think the fight's great."

The film’s wire work literally added another dimension to the fight scenes says Reeves
who thought it was one of the greatest aspects about lensing the movie.

"I even said that: 'I can fly!'," Reeves beams. "There's that scene where Laurence
[Fishburne] and I jump towards each other, after the helicopter sequence, but I love
Kung Fu films, and I studied a little bit of that as a kid. It's more about the fantasy
and the fake fighting. It's cowboys and Indians, right? I've had athletics in the
past, and [Carrie-Anne Moss] had dance. As actor, you're pretty physically aware, in
your sensibility, so it's really a joy to be able to train and participate in that."

Despite the physicality of the shoot, the actor doesn’t find the workouts the most
memorable part of theprocess.

"This was such a labor of love that when people say, 'Was it hard? Was it tough? Did
you hate training? Did you do all these things?'... I love the Brothers, I love the
script, and we grew to love each other," says Reeves. "It's such a positive film, and
it's such a constructive film, and it's beautiful, and the messages are great, and the
people who act in it are wonderful people. I don't know -- it was a really great year
of my life, working costumer, Larry and Andy, and all the actors -- it was just an
extraordinary experience."

While Reeves might want to forget JOHNNY MNEMONIC, his involvement in the
William Gibson film may have helped him land the role of Neo/Thomas in THE MATRIX. According to the Wachowski Brothers, Keanu was the first actor who was able to understand the concepts of the story after the first read. "I was familiar with some of the comic book material, and films that had influenced their work,"
Reeves admits. "When I first met the brothers, they showed me a book, which was
drawings, kind of like this graphic novel. It was like this[holds up book] except times
four -- like a folio page. They saw the film already. They had story boards, and they had the color schemes, etc. They had certain action sequences -- like a thing called Bullet Time, where I dodge bullets -- worked out. They were just aching, ready to make this film. And when I saw all that, and the script itself, I liked the idea."

The biblical reference of Reeves’ character name, Thomas, is no accident: he’s truly the ‘Doubting Thomas’ of this story.

"For me, I love the question that Thomas asks: 'What truth?' He wants to know what
truth," says Reeves. "This is a man who's skeptical about what's around him. As the
line says, 'There's something wrong with the world, but you can't put your finger on
it. But it's like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. Do you know what I'm talking about? Do you want to know what the Matrix is?' I use the word 'skeptical' because Thomas is skeptical of searching. He's protecting himself. But there's something wrong. He wants to know what's going on. That's part of my nature -- the questioning aspect."

One thing Reeves says he’s constantly questioning, despite his success, is whether or not he’s ever going to see another paycheck: "Listen, I'm an actor, and you never know where your next gig's coming from," he admits. "For me, the nature of the beast is that you work,and you finish working, and then you go, 'How am I ever gonna work again?’"

Although he’s done a number of independent features since his breakout hit in SPEED,
Reeves knows which side his bread is buttered on.

"I really enjoy working, most of the time, in studio pictures," he adds. "It's not the only place I want to work, but I really enjoy it. You get to work with incredible craftsmen, incredible artists. If it's a piece that you believe in, you get the opportunity for it to be seen. So for me, that's great. I love that. It's not the only way I want to work. Hopefully I can. Hopefully I can be successful enough that people want to hire me, where they think that they can make their money back in the business side of show business. For an actor, that's the only way to survive. That's the best way, where it happens."

Despite his gratefulness for the breakout hit that was SPEED, Reeves chose to turn
down a major paycheck to make SPEED 2-CRUISE CONTROL in order to play in a rock
group with some friends...a move that was considered career suicide by pundits at the
time. That was until Jan De Bont’s SPEED 2 turned into one of the biggest box office
losers in recent history.

"SPEED 2 was my call," Reeves acknowledges. "And the tour with the band... I don't know. Who knows? If you get a chance to finish work, like on this film... Carrie- Anne and I worked for about 14 months, and here we are, still working. And when you do something that demands so much, and that you give so much to, after that, you can't just go, 'What's my next shot?' Because you've given over so much. You have to live some life. You have to come back to replenish a little. But I say, live life so you can talk about life. And then, once you start to get a bit of that, it begins again. Once that starts to happen, you do what you do. You visit friends, you travel, you study again, you get into whatever happens while you're working: 'Oh, I can't wait to get home so I can have a big break.' It's the opposite side of what you're doing. So the band is part of that. I love playing music. It's been fun to hang out with friends. It's great to play live, and perform."

Reeves’ avoidance of the Hollywood lifestyle extends to paying attention to the media’s
viewpoints on his career.

"I don't oftentimes see what ends up being printed," he says. "I don't end up hearing the material. My only reflection, most of the time, is from when I meet [people in the press] -- how [they] speak to us, and what [they’re] interested in, and how [they] respond. But in terms of taking [them] seriously... I certainly take the event seriously. For me, I'm here just to communicate about the work, and the film, and whatever else."

While it may be a sci-fi action picture to some, to Reeves THE MATRIX is very much a movie with a message:

"Faith," the actor notes. "Believe. Question. Thomas Anderson is asking questions, what truth, what is around him. And I think it's the aspect of questioning and defining for oneself how you want to live, and respecting that. He retreats from a world that he doesn't trust and as he questions, he gets the opportunities to choose. 'Do you want to know? What do you want to be?' And then he meets these people who are also warriors in their life. It's opening oneself to trying. You have to earn that, I guess, at those crossroads, with the choices that you make. If you want to do something, you go, 'Well, part of me wants to do it for this reason, because it's easier, or it's convenient, or I like it, even though internally I know that I'm compromising my reality or my truth, or I might be hurting somebody.' But you kind of equivocate it; you let it go. So I think this film can show that. Every time Thomas Anderson gets a choice, and he has to learn more about where he is, and gain knowledge, Larry Wachowski would say, 'The pain of knowledge, the pain that it brings, once you go through that, your life can open up, and you can experience love.'"

Reeves has nothing but praise for THE MATRIX’s creators, writer/directors Andy and
Larry Wachowski describing them as "the most beautiful, decent people I've ever met."

"Like we say in the film, 'That's nothing I've ever seen before.'" laughs Reeves. "[They have] a new take, a new way of telling stories. Even in BOUND, they don't do what I call a 'climbing up the mountain' movie, straight narrative. It's dense with ideas, and you can look at it from different angles."

One of the advantages of living inside the Matrix in the film is the ability to be
programmed with instant knowledge. So ultimately the big question is: what would
Reeves choose to be uploaded with?

"I think I'm gonna pick this time the Kama Sutra," he concludes. "I’d like the Kama
Sutra training session."
 
 
 

On being Beat, ignoring critics, playing in a band--and looking for work
 

5 minutes with Keanu Reeves

October 19, 1997

     BY CINDY PEARLMAN

Talking to Keanu Reeves is always an excellent adventure. On a sunny day in New York City, the star of ``Devil's Advocate'' (in its opening weekend) made it known that he has found his hell on earth: interviews.

Q. You just signed to do a big-budget sci-fi movie, ``Matrix,'' with the  Chicago-based Wachowski brothers, who directed ``Bound.'' Why did you want to explore new universes?

A. I read the script and I was like, ``Wow.'' It's a science-fiction kung fu movie, and how many of those come down the pike?

Q. Do you feel like the smartest guy in Hollywood for passing on the dismal ``Speed 2: Cruise Control''?

A. I haven't seen it yet. I was on tour with my band when the movie came out.

Q. You read the script. Did you hate it?

A. I just didn't like the premise. I mean, a movie called ``Speed 2'' on a cruise line?

Q. Does this mean you're out of ``Love Boat: The Movie''?

A. Oh, God! It's gonna be a whole film? [Shaking his head.] America just keeps eating itself. Pretty soon we're all going to get mad cow American disease.

Q. Are you a vegetarian?

A. No.

Q. Why did you say yes to ``Devil's Advocate''?

A. I saw it as a morality film.

Q. Have you ever been to court before?

A. I've never been ... uh, yes I have. [He laughs.] I've sat in most of the seats in court.

Q. And you hung around real defense attorneys to prepare for this film. What did you learn?

A. Most defense attorneys that I met don't wanna know if their client is guilty. They
just have this ``don't ask'' motto. It's not important to them.

Q. What was it like to be cast opposite Al Pacino?

A. Very exciting! When I heard about him taking the part, I got light-headed. My blood actually tickled. He is amazing.

Q. This movie is about sin. What do you think is the greatest one?

A. Murder is pretty bad.

Q. What's the sin you encounter most in Hollywood?

A. I don't know. I guess vanity, vanity, vanity, vanity. Power, too.

Q. Do you have a favorite sin?

A. I don't know. I'm guilty of all of them. I guess it depends. God and devil. Good and bad. It's in us all.

Q. Do you believe in God and the concept of sin?

A. Yeah, I guess. You're terrifying me! I think we're all driven by guilt, which is like a bag of bricks. I think guilt is the only thing that checks us. Because once you lose the power to feel guilty, then lying, cheating and killing really don't matter.

Q. What is the toughest part of acting?

A. The long waits. I heard this quote. Who said it? Michael Caine. He said, ``They don't pay me to act. They pay me to wait to act.'' That's what I do. Wait. But while I wait I cultivate where I'm coming from so that when I get there I'm prepared to arrive.

Q. What is your motto?

A. You reap what you sow. You lie in your bed. That's it.