After unveiling footage at industry events and dropping the latest trailer just this week, Warner Bros world premieres Joker at the Venice Film Festival today. The most anticipated film of the even…
-directed DC origins story screened for the Lido press corps this morning — with the longest lines I have ever seen for a movie here . The press corps later packed the conference room to give Phillips and stars‘s Venice presence indicates an eye on awards season, it’s already generated early Oscar buzz before arriving here.
Phillips described his take on Arthur as “a guy who is searching for identity who mistakenly becomes a symbol. His goal genuinely is to make people laugh and bring joy to the world.”The Man Who Laughs A key element of finding the character came during rehearsal when Phillips gave Phoenix a journal which acts as a prop in the film. Said Phoenix, “That was really helpful but I wasn’t sure how to start… It became a really important part of discovery for me at that time.”
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