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  1. Nov 27, 2023 · Todd Phillips' Joker pays homage to Scorsese's lesser known The King of Comedy, and this isn't a bad thing since both were brilliant films. Warner Bros. Pictures 20rh Century Fox

    • Neville Naidoo
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  2. Nov 4, 2019 · Martin Scorsese has been weighing in a lot on the state of comic book movies this fall movie season, but one topic he has yet to discuss until now is “ Joker .”. In a video interview with BBC ...

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  3. Oct 8, 2019 · With the arrival of Joker, we examine one of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's most underrated movies, The King of Comedy. By Tony Sokol ... Joker pays homage to the classics. Tributes are ...

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  5. Sep 16, 2019 · Director Todd Phillips told us why the Joker setting is decades ago and how a classic Martin Scorsese movie influenced the film's look. ... So in a weird way, it was also just an homage to that ...

  6. Oct 6, 2019 · At times, Joker seems to be closer to Martin Scorsese's 1983 film The King of Comedy than it does Taxi Driver. The former film centered around Rupert Pupkin, a struggling comedian who wants to try and become famous. In his desperation, he kidnaps a late-night comedy host named Jerry Langford to force the show to put Rupert on live-television.

  7. Jan 2, 2020 · Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker features more than one homage to Scorsese films Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. But (Todd Phillips, you might wanna sit down for this part), Scorsese has little to ...

  8. Oct 9, 2019 · A source close to Scorsese tells The Hollywood Reporter he originally eyed Joker as a potential directing vehicle before Phillips approached the studio with his own take on the nihilistic villain ...