Anybody who has watched both the primary or especially the new trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux has some thought it’s going to be good. Director Todd Phillips and Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix returning to this unforgettable character, with the addition of Lady Gaga, simply looks as if a profitable mixture. And although the movie received’t open in theaters till October 4, one one who has seen it confirms all that and extra.
Along with immediately’s launch of the brand new trailer, the distinguished Venice Movie Pageant introduced Joker: Folie à Deux might be among the many movies screening on the pageant. And, the pageant’s chief Alberto Barbera spoke to Deadline about how impressed he was with the Joker sequel.
“It’s a continuation of the story however the movie is totally totally different from the primary movie,” Barbera stated. “In the event you’re anticipating the identical by way of violence or different issues, you’ll be stunned. After I noticed the movie in LA in the beginning of February there have been 4 or 5 of us within the screening room, together with author Scott Silver, and we have been astonished, our mouths have been open on the finish of the screening. It’s a darker movie.”
“A darker movie” is saying one thing as a result of that first film is pretty freaking dark. Plus, isn’t this sequel purported to be a musical? Aren’t musicals normally the antithesis of darkish? “It’s a dystopian musical, or a musical of types,” Barbera continued. “I feel it’s one of the vital daring, courageous, and inventive movies in latest American cinema. And I feel it actually confirms Todd Phillips as one of the vital inventive administrators working in the mean time.”
Let’s learn that again once more. “Probably the most daring, courageous and inventive movies in latest American cinema.” If that man was a critic, and never selling his personal movie pageant, Warner Bros. may cease the advertising now and simply run with that. After all, that received’t be occurring, nevertheless it definitely has us much more intrigued about what’s coming this fall.
Joker: Folie à Deux opens October 4.
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