For several months last year, a bearded and bizarre Joaquin Phoenix had everyone wondering, "Has he gone insane?"
Now, there's finally an answer – sort of.
The theatrical trailer for I’m Still Here, the Casey Affleck-directed documentary about the actor, 35, has just been released, and it offers a peek into that strange time.
The preview, which features a man giving Phoenix a lesson about the journey of life (in an analogy that likens life to falling drops of mountain water), shows the unkempt actor partying, performing as a rapper, stressing out and attending church. A night-vision camera even captures him wrestling on a bed.
The most shocking moment? Seeing Phoenix’s giant white gut. In among the other delights of Casey Affleck's forthcoming "documentary" about Joaquin Phoenix's supposed fall from grace are a scene in which a rival musician defecates on the Oscar-winning actor's head while he is sleeping, and another in which he is given oral sex by a publicist. That's according to a recent report in the LA Times, based on comments from someone who's supposedly seen the film, although who knows what will emerge when Affleck delivers his final cut?
It’s still unclear whether this is more fiction than straight documentary, or if he's acting or not. But if that now- infamous 2009 TV interview with David Letterman is any indication, the film, which opens Sept. 10, is bound to be ... interesting. According to that Times report, the buyers for whom the film was screened earlier this year found themselves utterly incapable of deciding whether the movie was the real deal or not. That could either be an indication of Affleck and Phoenix's powerful wind-up skills, or an indictment of Phoenix's worryingly worsening mental state.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
08-17-2010 12:25 PM
he's trolling.
I should know.
fuglystick
08-17-2010 12:36 PM
I don't think it matters.
If Phoenix was genuine during his time off his rocker, his promising career will probably never recover. If he was genuine, he probably doesn't care. If the whole thing was a grand "life as art" performance piece, with Joaquin Phoenix playing "Joaquin Phoenix", it comes off as a pretentious, vain, egotistical, and ultimately hollow endeavor.
Doc Faustus
08-17-2010 03:13 PM
Hopefully someday science will construct an electron microscope strong enough to see exactly how little I care about Joaquin Phoenix.
Kleptron
08-17-2010 03:36 PM
It sounds to me like hes inspired by Andy Kaufman............
fuglystick
08-17-2010 03:46 PM
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It sounds to me like hes inspired by Andy Kaufman............
If that's the case, he is to Kaufman as Gaga is to Madonna; a copycat hijacking the image of a predecessor and claiming it as his own.
ChronoGrl
08-19-2010 07:04 AM
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he's trolling.
I should know.
Wow. Crispin Glover is a crazy person.
Joaquin Phoenix is also a crazy person.
They're both clearly self-aware, but that doesn't really negate the fact that they are both crazy.
I think that the Phoenix documentary looks interesting though. And I agree, the most disturbing part to me was that pregnant gut... Duuuuuuuude...
neverending
08-19-2010 08:42 AM
Glover insane, or very very clever?
ChronoGrl
08-19-2010 10:22 AM
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Glover insane, or very very clever?
I honestly think both.
novakru
08-24-2010 07:10 AM
I like Joaquin... crazy, sane, fat, bearded....
I love his movies.
I think maybe he is into drugs, maybe he has mental health issues...but who cares, his work is truly amazing.