![]() He allows that true self to emerge here as a fearsomely bearded, deliberately shabby chain-smoking egotist who screams at his patient assistants, blames himself on everyone else, and has deluded himself into thinking that there is a future in his dreadful hip-hop lyrics. He can no longer stand where he's told, wear what he's given, say what is written. Phoenix comes across as a narcissist interested only in himself. A train that flies off the tracks and tumbles into the abyss. One carrying Phoenix, his several personal assistants, his agent, his publicist, and apparently not one single friend who isn't on salary. One doubts he will be walking the red carpet if the film has a premiere. It exists, it was released, I've seen it, and Joaquin Phoenix, as the title assures is, is still there. ![]() The scene in Central Park: Is it a little too perfect dramatically? The scenes of cocaine sniffing, the nude parties including Joaquin's assistant Antony Langdon and two hookers: Were they really possible with a director, cinematographer and sound man in the room? Would Casey Affleck release this devastating film with the acquiescence of his wife?Īpparently so. Actually, there are subtle signs it might be. If this film turns out to still be part of an elaborate hoax, I'm going to be seriously pissed. After Phoenix imploded during a famous appearance on Letterman, we see him leaving a limousine in Central Park, crawling up an embankment into some shrubbery, and screaming that he has destroyed his life, his music sucks, he will never be able to act again, and "I'm totally f**cked!"Īll of this is true. It's not well-done technically - the image and sound are bad - but it has the advantage of access to private and tormented moments. ![]() For reasons which are unclear and sidestepped, this process was documented on video by the actor Casey Affleck, who is married to Joaquin's sister Summer.
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