14/12
Gaga also discusses how she got into and stayed in her dark persona
Narrative
Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital. Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson and writer-director Todd Phillips share what scared them the most about tackling the musical sequel. The subtitle of the film “Folie a Deux” means "The Madness of Two" in French. This initially led to speculation about Harley Quinn appearing in the film, which was confirmed soon after.
It is also known as Lasègue-Falret syndrome
The name Folie a Deux comes from the 19th century French psychiatrists Charles Lassegue and Jules Falret. The term was coined to refer to two or more people who share the same insanity or delusion. The chairman of the jury spoke about the "People of New York" instead of Gotham City. This is because the state of New York is the plaintiff in a criminal trial, and this version of Gotham City is apparently located in New York State (most versions place Gotham in New Jersey).
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Arthur Fleck: [Written as a mean autograph with a sad smiley face] I HOPE YOU GET CANCER. The film opens with a Looney Tunes title sequence featuring the Warner Bros logo surrounded by rings and the Joker’s face. Merrily We Roll Along Written by Eddie Cantor, Murray Mencher and Charles Tobias. I absolutely loved the first Joker movie directed by Todd Phillips but I have to say what the hell were they thinking going into the sequel.
Joaquin Phoenix gives a decent performance, but nowhere near as good as he was in the first film
Unlike the first film, this film has virtually no story, but rather a series of odd gimmicky vignettes that are strung together with musical numbers that got old very quickly and made the runtime much longer than necessary for how much immediately it actually was. I kept waiting in anticipation, thinking this must be building up to some big moment that unfortunately never arrives, and instead I’m left with only disappointment as the movie ends worse than it started. I was on the fence when I saw the trailer, but now that I’ve seen it, I wish I hadn’t. If you’re a fan of the first film, the question is whether or not you’ll like this one, but I wouldn’t recommend it..
