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Joker is a film directed, produced, and written by Todd Phillips (his cowriter was Scott Silver). It is based around the DC Comics villain The Joker and stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character. Phillips cites Martin Scorsese's films Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy as inspiration for his film. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, more than any film in 2019, and won Best Actor for
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him.
Movie Info. Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown
Jacques Lecoq used a neutral mask in actor training to help actors connect to their intuition, allowing deeper freedom of expression (Bala, 2010). In Joker, Arthur Fleck's body was almost always tense, both in stillness and in movement. But when Arthur transformed into Joker, and in the moments when he was more Joker than Arthur, he was able