How a dark vision of a comic-book super-villain become a festival success, a box office juggernaut and now an unlikely awards contender.
Stepping outside the canonical comic-book legacy of a character that has previously been portrayed by the likes of Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill, Cesar Romero, Zach Galifianakis and in an Oscar-winning turn by Heath Ledger, “Joker” stars Golden Globe winner Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely man who transforms into a symbol for anger and rebellion.
It’s Phoenix’s second Globes victory, following his win for the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line” in 2006.In a sincere but shambling speech, Phoenix said to his “Joker” director Todd Phillips, “You encouraged me to give everything and to be sincere. And I’m such a pain in the ass. I cannot believe you put up with me.”
Phoenix noted his fiancée, Rooney Mara, in the room before saying, “Contrary to popular belief, I don’t want to rock the boat but the boat is … rocked.” He added, “I have not always been a virtuous man. I am learning so much, and so many of you in this room have given me multiple opportunities to try to get it right. And I am deeply grateful.
“But I think together hopefully we can be unified and actually make some changes. It’s great to vote, but sometimes we have to take that responsibility on ourselves. And make changes and sacrifices in our own lives. And I hope that we can do that.”Phoenix’s speech had already touched on animal agriculture, climate change and the Australian wildfires when music began to play him off as he mentioned not taking private planes to awards ceremonies.
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