Clown: Pas de deux It failed miserably at the box office and was disliked by most critics, fans, and audiences. But you know who loves it? quentin tarantino.
The filmmaker recently appeared on the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast and raved about the Joker sequel, saying: “I really, really love it, really. A lot. A lot. , I went to see it hoping to be impressed by the filmmaking.
“But I think it’s going to be an intellectual exercise at arm’s length, and ultimately I don’t think it works as well as a movie, but I’ll appreciate it for what it is. I’m just nihilistic enough to enjoy a movie that doesn’t quite feel like a movie, or In a way it’s like a giant chaotic movie.
“And I don’t think it was an intellectual exercise. I really got into it. I really loved these musical sequences. I really got into it. I thought the more mediocre the songs were, the better. I found myself doing it in a way Hear the lyrics to “For Once in My Life” like never before.
Tarantino went on to take credit for the inspiration for the film, saying he saw his born killer The story is clown Sequels and comparisons Joaquin PhoenixArthur Fleck and Lady GagaLee Quinzel to serial killer couple Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis).
The filmmaker continued: “Although the first one owes a lot to taxi driverthis looks very much appreciated born killerwhich I wrote. this is born killer I dreamed of seeing it.
“As the guy who created Mickey and Mallory, I love what they did with it. I love the direction he took it. I mean, the whole movie is Mickey Knox’s fever dream.
Tarantino also said that he thought the movie was really funny and that he watched it in an “almost empty IMAX theater” so he could “laugh without disturbing everyone. I knew I was watching someone else A scene where people don’t laugh.
Speaking of Phoenix’s performance, he said the actor “gives one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in this movie in my life.”
He then said the movie was a huge flop for comic book fans: “The Joker directed this movie. The whole concept, even the money he spent on the studio – he spent money like the Joker, okay?
“And then there’s his big surprise gift—haha!—a doll box, and when he reaches out to you to shake your hand, you hear a 10,000-volt buzzer fire at you—that’s comic book extreme. guest.
“He’s saying fuck off to all of them. He’s saying fuck off to moviegoers. He’s saying fuck off to Hollywood. He’s saying fuck off to anyone who owns stock in DC and Warner Bros. […] Todd Phillips is the Joker. The Joker movie, well, that’s it. He is the clown.
I guess that’s one way to look at movies and directors Todd Phillips Trying to do that with it. I seriously doubt that Phillips spent $200 million on a movie just to tell everyone to fuck off, but I do like Tarantino’s take on this movie!
