Heath Ledger was awarded an Oscar for playing the Joker in TheDarkKnight, will Joaquin Phoenix also earn the top prize for his performance of the same character in Joker?
as the eponymous DC Comics maniac who terrorizes Gotham City, will be a test case.
The $55 million Warner Bros. production, which will hit theaters Oct. 4, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31, and then rocked the Oscar race with thethat Venice's jury had awarded the film the fest's top prize, the Golden Lion. It subsequently made its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7, and screened again north of the border Sept. 10.
The hard facts are these. The film is very good — well written, directed, designed and, above all, acted by. It is not cartoonish, but frighteningly plausible — an origin story reportedly set in 1981, it suggests that America's morally bankrupt society turned Phoenix's Arthur Fleck into the deeply troubled man that he is.
The one thing about which everyone seems to agree, though, is that Phoenix, as usual, does his job remarkably well. He is frighteningly believable as Fleck/Joker, not least because, frankly, he has always come across as a little disturbed himself — see not only the 2010 "documentary" , where he was honored. He totally committed to the part, dropping an astounding 52 pounds, which certainly makes him look like something is seriously wrong with him.
Deranged nutcases play quite well with the Academy — usually in the supporting race, but not infrequently in the lead race, as well. The film to which
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