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Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver. The film, loosely based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker.
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him.
Joker Summary. Arthur Fleck is a mentally ill loner with aspirations to become a world-famous stand-up comedian. The film opens with Arthur at his day job as a hired clown. A group of kids steal his sign, and Arthur runs after them. When Arthur catches them, they break the sign over his head and viciously beat him up.
Oct 3, 2019 · Plot Summary/ Review. An underdog discarded by society either through budget cuts to mental health services or indifference, Arthur lives a mediocre life with his mother, Penny. A woman who formerly worked for Thomas Wayne and thinks the world of him, despite the conditions he allows her to live in.
Sep 30, 2019 · As Gotham begins to burn (the civil unrest starts with a garbage strike), Fleck, who has been taken as a vigilante by much of the city’s 99%, doesn’t quite know what to make of his underground cult stardom.
After a commandeered ambulance crashes into the police car, two rioters in clown masks pull Joker from the back of the cruiser. Somewhere else in the city, Thomas, Martha, and Bruce Wayne leave a theater and try to escape down an alley. A clown follows them. “Hey Wayne, you get what you f***ing deserve.”.
Oct 4, 2019 · Joker: Directed by Todd Phillips. With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy. During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
