Tarantino praises 'Joker 2', “It's like a movie made by Joker'' and “I'm telling everyone to fuck it'' | THE RIVER

movie directorQuentin TarantinoBut DC movies“Joker: Folie à deux”was highly praised.

Tarantino appeared on the podcast “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” and talked about the film, which received poor reviews and box office results in the United States.“I really liked it. I was hooked on it.”In addition to praising his perfection, he gave the words to director Todd Phillips, “He is the Joker.''

Originally, Tarantino didn't have high expectations for this film. “I was hoping to be impressed by the filmmaking, but I thought it would be more of an intellectual experiment and wouldn't be a success as a movie,'' he says, but after watching the movie, he immediately realized, “I realized that this was not an intellectual experiment.” Joaquin Phoenix who plays the Joker“One of the best performances I've ever seen.”and sent a compliment.

“The musical scene was really good. I thought the more commonplace the song was, the better the scene was. It was the first time I heard the lyrics of “For Once in My Life'' like that. He (Phoenix) ) did a good job. Like him (Ryan Gosling) in “La La Land,'' he may not be a good singer, but the lyrics are very typical of him. I think she sang quite well considering that she was working on a drama that didn't involve singing.

Tarantino didn't have high expectations for this film because he didn't really like his previous film, Joker (2019). “I thought the whole movie was about the talk show (at the climax),'' Tarantino said, calling this scene “one of the best scenes of the last 20 years. It's like I watched the movie just for that scene.'' However, he did not like the fact that the story was based on “Taxi Driver'' (1976), and that he “felt it was too monotonous'' up to the end.

“My previous work was influenced by “Taxi Driver.'' In the same way, this time I think it was influenced by “Natural Born Killers'' (1994), which I wrote,'' Tarantino said. “This is the “Natural Born Killers'' that I wanted to see. I thought he was great as the person who created Mickey and Mallory, and I liked the direction of the work.. So the whole movie is a fever dream that Mickey Knox (the main character) has.”

And Tarantino insists, “Todd Phillips is the Joker. This is a Joker movie.”

“It's a movie like the Joker made. The overall concept of the movie and the studio's use of money are just like the Joker. The big surprise present from him is a surprise box. He holds out his hand for a handshake. And just when I was in a good mood, 10,000 volts of electricity shot through everyone — comic book fans.He says “fuck” to everyone. To the audience, to Hollywood, to the shareholders of DC and Warner Bros.. ”

Incidentally, like Tarantino, there is another film director who watched this film with “zero expectations'' and similarly praised it, calling it “amazing.'' Mark Romanek is the genius behind “Never Let Me Go'' (2010).

“It's a big-budget, auteur-like, over-the-top movie. It's not algorithm-based content (shit). It's a brilliant, outrageous reinvention of the classic musical love story, and it was hard on DC fans. Romanek wrote,“Todd Phillips deserves praise for his boldness and skill. I have no doubt that this film will be reconsidered and reevaluated in the near future, as will many of the greatest filmmakers I know. I know what you feel.”It is also written.

The movie “Joker: Folie à Deux'' is currently in theaters.

Source: The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (via Entertainment Weekly, Variety)