In the latest John Wick (John Wick) series of movies "Quick Preparation John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum (2019)", to show us more information about John Wick.
In the first movie, it was revealed that John Wick had an intersection with the Russian gang in New York, or he had sold his life for it. At that time, I was thinking why the story started with the Russian gang. In the third part, the answer was finally given.
In the last movie, John was no longer sheltered by the hotel because he shot and killed his enemy in the InterContinental Hotel, and was even banished and hunted down. In the first step of self-preservation, John came to the New York Public Library to find a book.
"Russian Folk Fairy Tales" compiled by Alexander Afanasiev, 1864 edition. As an important prop in the movie, this book is real. Was such a hardcover version published in 1864? I won’t be particular about it, but now you can buy the English-Russian bilingual paperback version of this book on Amazon.com, and you can also buy e-books on the Chinese site.
The painting that John turned over described a Russian folk tale called Vasilisa the Beautiful, a bit like Cinderella plus Hans and Gretel. In the Grimm's fairy tales of Hans and Gretel, two children are imprisoned by a witch. Vasilisa was also imprisoned by a witch, and the person who imprisoned her was called Baba Yaga. Turning this page, there is a picture of John's wife hidden behind it. In connection with John himself being called Baba Yaga in this film, this prop design arrangement can be said to be of special significance.
With the tokens hidden in the book, John came to a theater. It is a theater on the surface, but it is actually a stronghold of gangsters, everyone understands it.
The lady in charge of the theater. The actor Anjelica Houston in this role has played Mrs. Adams in "The Addams Family (1991)". The grace and weirdness is impressive.
In front of her, John confessed his origin.
Although it was a former name, the protagonist can still feel the aura of the protagonist because of the alliteration.
The training venue in the theater, John was very likely to be trained here when he was young. (Screenshot is highly blurred)
Although I was surprised by John Wick's identity as a Belarusian, in fact, when you think about it, the characters in the entire series often show a Mao-style straight line thinking. There is no calculation, just do it if you don't agree. The role of InterContinental Hotel Manager Winston, who can't see the medicine sold in the gourd, is quite different in it.
In the first part of the series, John was actually called Boogieman. Like Baba Yaga's mother-in-law, both are the names of evil spirits used by adults to scare children. Perhaps it was out of emphasis on John's origin and influence in the Russian gang. In this movie, he is more called Baba Yaga.
The word Baba is related to "grandmother" or "old woman" in modern Russian, but in ancient Russian it may have meanings such as "midwife", "witch", and "fortune teller". In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga or Baba Jaga refers to a supernatural, deformed and ferocious woman. Generally, it is translated into Jakarta's mother-in-law, which will give people an intuitive image of an elderly woman; there are also literal translations. In Russian fairy tales, Granny Jakar sits in a mortar flying around, waving a pestle, and lives in a hut deep in the forest, usually described as built on chicken legs.
Mother-in-law Jakar will help or hinder those who come to her door. In these stories, she is likely to play the role of a mother and have connections with wild animals in the forest, and can even call these animals. According to the folktale form of Vladimir Propp, Jakarta's mother-in-law is usually either a donor, a villain, or she may be completely ambiguous.
Later updates will place the story of Jakar’s mother-in-law in the chaotic hut, and everyone can truly feel this contradiction that is difficult to explain with logic.
We can think of Granny Jakar as the traditional image of an old witch. As for why John Wick was dubbed such a feminine nickname. Here are two guesses.
One is the hairstyle like...
Forget it, I can't convince myself.
The second is that John Wick’s moral ambiguity in killing the entire village for a dog and a car is compatible with Jakar’s mother-in-law.
There are new conclusions, add or not add. It depends on the quality of the fourth installment in the swift chase series.
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