The Vanity Fair Hollywood issue features an article covering the 25 most influential movie scenes of the past 25 years. The scene of Neo dodging bullets on the roof was chosen from The Matrix. Keanu Reeves was quoted as saying the following about the scene:
“When it came to shooting Neo dodging the bullets, it was on a stage with a green screen and more than 100 cameras. I was on a wire, and it was extraordinary to be the human piece of ‘bullet time’ and do something physically impossible. I threw myself back, did the choreography—everyone was really excited hearing the camera shutters. Then, of course, in Wachowski fashion, we did it a whole bunch more, looking for super-perfect. Then, we started to see ‘bullet time’ enter the mainstream in commercials, and the Wachowskis became a part of our visual language. You see them moving a camera like that now during football games. There’s nothing like the original, but it’s still always cool.” —As told to Joanna Robinson