Daniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News.
A-list movie stars, top-tier auteur filmmakers and a battalion of Hollywood publicists descended on the Italian island of Lido this week for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival, one of the most prestigious celebrations of movie culture in the world — and the unofficial start of the Oscar season. Yes, that’s right: Academy Award fever starts in August on the Venetian Lagoon, more than 6,000 miles away from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Oscars will be held in March.
This time, Phillips and Phoenix are joined by Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, the Joker’s deranged love interest. “Folie à Deux” has been described as a musical and, in the words of Variety, “often plays like the MGM musicals of yesteryear on acid.” It’s a gambit that will likely pay dividends after the first “Joker” earned more than $1 billion worldwide.
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