Since the actor Joaquin Phoenix announced the end of his career in October 2008, until the controversial release of the documentary I’m Still Here (still here) a few days ago at the Venice Film Festival, his public figure has undergone a remarkable deterioration and his case has become one of the favorite mysteries of Hollywood. What happens to Joaquin Phoenix? Has it gone mad really? Is all this a gigantic farce prepared by a couple of boring stars of the scene of the show? The documentary dive in the intimacy of the Gladiator actor day and night for months to remove the surface small episodes of decadence and exhibitionism, and also great scenes of public humiliation. Joaquin Phoenix raving on the David Letterman show and then crying and climbing shrubs of Central Park, complaining because she feels that nobody takes me seriously. The film focuses on their desperate attempts to launch his career as a rapper in the hip-hop circuit. A particularly grotesque scene takes place in the Office of the rapper p.
Diddy, where Phoenix makes him listen to three of their songs in the hope of getting a recording contract. Diddy makes clear that in the event you decide to work with the actor, it be a fee raised by the production of the album. How much you need?, question Phoenix. What Diddy responds: how much do you have?. Finally the employer decides that Joaquin Phoenix isn’t ready to record with him, which should devote to improve his skills of interpreter, and then dispatches him unceremoniously. What is the reaction of the former actor twice nominated for an Oscar to see their hopes trampled? I can only tell you that Joaquin Phoenix lately seems to take everything to heart (those who watch the film will understand what I mean). I m Still Here is directed by Casey Afflex (younger brother of Ben and Joaquin Phoenix’s brother-in-law) and although everything seems to indicate that it is a long and complicated joke, presents itself as a true documentary. To see the documentary in our countries we have to wait even a few weeks. The film will have its premiere in cinemas in United States on September 10.
