Chris R. Notarile takes a crack at Baba Yaga after “Burned“, “Rogue Redemption” & “Myers: The butcher of Haddonfield“
Here is a fan-film from the coffers of Laura Van Yck (who won an award for Best Actress) and director Chris R. Notarile. “The Many Deaths of John Wick” is a short-film written and directed by Chris R. Notarile. It made is world premiered back in August 1st, 2019. If you are current, you might be tempted to get stuck on the name John WIck and yeah it is the same John Wick we know. This time you see him from the perspective of three artists: Chris, Jeff and Laura Van Yck, Enjoy!
Plot:
After he has being mortally-wounded, John Wick (aka Baba Yaga or the Bogeyman), finds himself at a dinner table seated facing his biggest fan yet, Death.
Cast: Jeff Odachowski and Laura Van Yck
Jeff Odachowski plays John Wick had previously worked with writer and director Chris R. Notarile on Burned, Rogue Redemption, Myers: The butcher of Haddonfield.
Laura Van Yck plays Death opposite Jeff (John Wick). Laura previously worked with Chris on Burned, Ultra-girl, Frenzy and Myers: The Butcher of Haddonfield.
Laura Van Yck has recently won the award of best actress from the Cult Critic Movie Awards for her performance in this movie. “Laura Van Yck gives a career defining, chillingly stunning performance as Death,” says Chris R. Notarile .
“Death is a character I always wanted to play. It fits my brand perfectly. I am beyond happy that my performance is acknowledged by the Cult Critic Movie Awards,” says Laura Van Yck.
A Word from Chris R. Notarile:
I have a lot of respect for the John Wick series. It’s stylistic, slick, full of life and damn well made. So when my close friend, Jeff Odachowski mentioned that he wanted to do a John Wick short, I pretty much told him it was impossible, then a few days after, I sent him a script. I clearly spoke too soon.
One of the main ideas I wanted to drive home with this short was the supernatural element that has been implied in the John Wick films. The idea that he is feared and revered is just great, and makes for awesome speculation. And since every action movie ever has allowed for the hero to survive insane stunts that kill a regular person, I wanted to flat out address that, and try to make sense of it.
We shot the film in two days. Day one pinned down the entire dinner sequence with Death, and day two took down the actual fight. For obvious reasons this seemed like the most practical approach to make the film. Aaron Toft, the fight choreographer on the project with Jeff Odachowski, Tim Banks and Dwight Taylor and myself came up with the pretty fun, kinetic fight sequence in the film.
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