How Todd Phillips Created ‘Joker’ with Joaquin Phoenix - IndieWire Awards Spotlight

[@SandyChase]

I'm always impressed by how intelligent and thoughtful people who have a background in comedy are. Great interview and powerful film.

[@javi7602]

Joker 1989: throw him into a vat of toxic waste. Joker 2019: throw him into society.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Nothing is more toxic than society

[@cosmicalsounds]

​@@dcmastermindfirst9418underrated reply

[@danzwku]

same thing xD jokes ha

[@tracymullane8818]

Todd Phillips giving brilliant insights, illustrating the freedom he gave to showcase the true artistry of all the parts. He said at about 17:50 that movies are made three times-once when you write them, once when you shoot them and then when you edit them. I've always admired the editing, especially in Joker, creating the twists and turns, identifying just the right shade of emotions in a scene, such as kindness, and turning that emotion inside out to show the result of cruelty, for example. The editor really needs to be a disciplined partner with the writing and the director. There are so many powerful decisions to show points of view which added a special layer of alchemy along with the music score. The sum of all of these parts, especially with Joaquin- allowing us to see his kindness, purity and vulnerability traits injected into Arthur (I imagine you cannot portray these qualities unless you actually have them.) Together it was all pure magic.

[@paperchasindude6578]

So true

[@vmoonlight4962]

Todd Phillips seems like such a kind hearted person and One of the best directors in Hollywood. He creates such a masterpiece (pure cinema) adult thought provoking, soul rattling, powerful film with a very important social message. This is art at it’s finest. i love everything about that movie.

[@paperchasindude6578]

So true

[@BOLLOSS]

just watch taxi driver

[@raees6330]

people can’t even compare the two thesis of the movies (Taxi Driver and joker). Yes they both are critiques of society but I’ll show u the difference: Whatever CHANGES travis is REAL: prostitution pumps and porno theatres. The film was a critique on this exact kind of destructive hedonism that was prevalent in the 70s and still is. What Scorsese was ridiculing was REAL because they did exist at the time. But in Joker whatever (changes?) Arthur was pathetic: the kids beating him and the Wall Street guys on train and the black woman on the train. These projects of the fiction cannot act as archetypes for wider society. My point is that just because a CHARACTER in the film Hurley another CHARACTER we cannot conclude that society as a whole is bad. Am I right? Even at the end of the film he is whining about “nobody’s civil anymore”. What silly philosophy is this? It’s like Todd Philips is trying to critique society by using fictitious scenarios to establish his message instead of taking real hardcore facts like Scorsese did to say society is wrong. Finally I just have to say that when he danced on the stairs or in the bathroom it wasn’t philosophical at all. It was a clunky mess of nothing. Kids walked out of cinemas thinking that was DEEEP because it wasn’t like MCU films. Todd Philips tried to be an artist but ended up being the real JOKER

[@TheWrestlingful]

@@raees6330 this comment reads like the articles written when Taxi Driver came out to discount Taxi Driver. You should look uo how hated Taxi Driver was, you soujd just like the people who didn't like Taxi Driver at the time.

[@kdscool1536]

@@raees6330 everything you wrote is silly nonsense, impressive.

[@bluebottlebunnyfarm]

I watched this movie 6 times in a weekend. Its now one of my favorites.

[@anja1789]

'Making films is jazz, not math'

[@shanetoumey2835]

“Outrage is a commodity.” 👌

[@mandyschmidt7960]

Still can't wrap my head around he fact that people didn't get that the Kimmel thing was a joke...

[@dansweet2499]

I loved this movie I have aspergers a developmental disability and I could relate to the Joker with how society treats people like him I got that so much in school and still to this day but not as much, watching this movie Arthur says People are awful nobody is civil anymore, I was like YES we finally have someone who agrees with me when it comes to society and that is why I keep to myself outside of my job and my relationship

[@BOLLOSS]

just watch taxi driver

[@kdscool1536]

@@BOLLOSS sounds like you should watch it. Take your own advice.

[@bbbllsels2773]

@@kdscool1536 movie is garbage

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol 2 oscars and a Grammy. ​@@bbbllsels2773

[@cvbabc]

Imagine a "journalist" asking questions this thoughtful of presidential candidates?

[@kmcg9704]

I would never have watched this kind of movie. I don’t like this genre. I was a flight attended and the time of COVID we had to take empty aircraft out for cargo and to be on fire watch. It meant we had lots of rest periods and took it in turns to lie in beds in first class and watch movies . I thought I would try Joker . I thought I wouldn’t like it. I was blown away . I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Utter utter Genius

[@nomanchesnomanc]

I Like This Man, A Genius.

[@aoctis]

what do u think now?

[@ChyeHeng17]

This just shows the passion to create a masterpeice. He said, he had everything he needed despite a small budget, and the only thing he was fighting for the time. Both him and Phoenix, want to have as much time to do a perfect character portrayal of Joker, or Arthur..

[@alexwallar8608]

I cannot believe this movie was directed by the same guy who did the Hangover Trilogy

[@fikrijuanda6321]

Usually Comedian always have dark past

[@leonardpiercy9837]

Intelligent artist.

[@paperchasindude6578]

A brilliant man

[@benrosn8154]

He is brilliant

[@11sdownie]

He NAILED this movie

[@wet-read]

I disagree. I think it is badly written. I'm terribly sorry.

[@joaomarcosmoraisdealmeida1318]

I think it could've been called Arthur.

[@screenprintingartlab4999]

The attention to detail .... such a great movie......🙌

[@thatguyconner1760]

Great questions!! Dang! Awesome insight!

[@MegaRahatul]

15:06 OMG!!! HAHA LOOLLL

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

18:00 Perfect

[@saucyshounen4448]

this interviewer is fantastic

[@santiagocarreno5881]

kinda douchey for my taste

[@rhllc8166]

Todd, please make me a movie with my talent in mind

[@MegaRahatul]

14:10

[@bobwoods1302]

I love this guy for calling out Robin Quivers of the Howard Stern show. Or should I say the Robin quivers show featuring Howard Stern.

[@jackdolah2031]

He's a great guy! Not to mention genius

[@skeletonseason]

goddamit he makes an entire original film to shine a light on empathy & understanding, yet what does he get in return? lack of empathy & complete misunderstanding. fuck this world.

[@wet-read]

That is almost entirely wrong.

[@yolandarolon2298]

Even you deserve an award I'm so happy for all of you and this was the number one movie in the whole world I want I know you going to take out something else with Phoenix cuz he only goes for the good stuff God bless you

[@MegaRahatul]

8:29

[@prithvichauhan8157]

One of the most brilliant minds in the Movie Business.

[@ASchopenkeeper]

This man is a genius.

[@gloriacassey4887]

love tood Philip's too

[@yolandarolon2298]

This is the best Joker movie the bed specially because I'm walking and seeing all these movies he's always wow the best congratulations

[@MReynaArte]

true and genuine, this movie is real..mental health is real

[@deejaynama5771]

This guy should be more involve in the DCU films especially on Original Stories Like this Joker anyways the other DCU movies Sucks beside the New Batman.....

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

The DCU hasn't even started yet and The Batman is not DCU. It's Elseworlds like Joker.

[@kasistories]

genius

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

The man is a fucking genius!

[@sebastianalegria3401]

Todd is a genius as he was able to see in Joaquin the enough talent to play one of the most bizarre Jokers ever, on the other hand Heath Ledger's Joker is the GOAT but, Joaquin Phoenix's really amazed me when I saw the movie. By the way, I don't think Barry Keoghan can do a better Joker than Phoenix, but he can surprises us, Mark my words.

[@Notryanarden12]

Joker 1 was something special to me and it made me a super fan of Todd Phillips. Joker 2 had the exact opposite effect me.

[@Craigers8637]

@17:00 can we stick with the movies Hollywood n leave politics alone for 5 minutes

[@imystika8554]

real hehe

[@SamIIs]

It wasn't really that good of a movie.

[@MegaRahatul]

18:10