The Joker is a fictional character that appeared in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero movie The Dark Knight. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, he is played by Australian actor Heath Ledger. A mass murderer of psychopaths with a sadistic sense of humor, the Joker arc follows his efforts to undermine the efforts of Batman (Christian Bale), James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to get rid of Gotham City of crime. This character embodies the themes of chaos, anarchy and obsession: throughout the film, it expresses the desire to disrupt the social order through evil, and defines itself by its conflict with Batman.
The Ledger's interpretation of this character was particularly influenced by Batman: The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. In the film, he wears a traditional color palette, while his face appearance includes a clown makeup that covers the facial scars from a Glasgow smile. The characters also explore the techniques found in previous Ledger shows, including the action of his clown in the fantasy movie Terry Gilliam The Brothers Grimm . Furthermore, it's a reference painting by artist Francis Bacon, Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange and various punk rock musicians. Ledger casting as a Joker was initially controversial.
The Joker is considered the best performance of Ledger; he himself thinks it as the most fun. When the film was released in July 2008, six months after the actor died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, the show caused sensation, received universal praise and many posthumous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Joker (Heath Ledger) and five accomplices, all wearing clown masks, robbed a mafia-owned bank. He cheated four of them to kill each other, then killed the last one himself and escaped with money. Interrupting a videoconference between mass leaders Sal Maroni (Eric Roberts), Chechen (Ritchie Coster) and Gambol (Michael Jai White) with their accountant Lau (Chin Han), he offers to kill Batman (Christian Bale) for half of the mafia money. Gambol rejected the offer and placed the bounty on a "clown". Later, Joker kills Gambol and takes over his gang.
After learning that Batman had taken Lau, Maroni and Chechnya accepted the Joker offer. The Joker announces that people will die every day until Batman reveals his true identity, and makes good on his threat by killing Gotham Police Commander Gillian B. Loeb (Colin McFarlane) and Judge Janet Surillo (Nydia Rodriguez Terracina) mafia court. When the Gotham district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), tries to pull him out by identifying himself as Batman, the Joker tries to kidnap him, only to be caught. Batman interrogated him after the missing Dent. The Joker also revealed that Dent's girlfriend (and Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart) Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has also disappeared and revealed their separate location, both rigged with a time bomb. Replacing their existence, Joker deceives Batman to save Dent, who is defective in the explosion, while Rachel is killed. Joker then escapes from the police station with Lau, who previously fled to Hong Kong only to be captured by Batman.
Joker kills Lau and Chechnya, burns all mafia money, and takes over the Chechen gang. Then, to prevent Wayne Enterprises M & amp; A lawyer of Coleman Reese (Joshua Harto) from revealing Batman's alter ego on TV, he announces that he will blow up the hospital if Reese does not die within 60 minutes. During the panic, Joker sneaks into the Gotham General Hospital disguised as a nurse to meet with Dent, and persuades him to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for Rachel's death. He then blew up the hospital and took a large number of hostages. He had an explosive rig on two ferries separately containing residents and criminals and told the passengers that he would destroy both ships except one other blow. In the end, the hostages chose not to blow up each other. Batman then captures the Joker, stating that they must fight each other forever. Joker boasts that he has won "a battle for the soul of Gotham", as city dwellers will lose hope after the Dent rampage as the "Two-Face" killer alert becomes known. Joker then laughed hysterically as he was taken into custody. Batman finally foiled the Joker plan by taking responsibility for Dent's crimes.
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As an early actor, Heath Ledger does not consider himself serious about the role he plays. However, this changed when at the age of 22 he started watching some of his movies. Realizing that they are a movie that she herself does not want to see, it makes her more careful and respectful of her professional choices. The 2005 fantasy movie The Brothers Grimm marks the turning point for the actor as director Terry Gilliam gives Ledger (and his opponent Matt Damon) a chance to create a character they have never given before. Gilliam helped Ledger wear a clown action for the film, the actor's experience later recognized as an influence for his performance as a Joker.
Director Christopher Nolan has been meeting with Ledger for years for different roles. When meeting for Batman at Batman Begins, Ledger explains that he is not interested in working on a movie like that. The actor reflects on his problem by describing the superhero, saying; "I'm just going to feel stupid and silly, I can not do it and there are others who can be perfect, but I can not take myself seriously." However, later impressed with Batman Begins , Ledger looks for a part of the Joker from Nolan. Impressed by Ledger's unanimity, Nolan threw it in part. "Heath just got ready to do it, he's ready to do something that big." Casting director John Papsidera reflects casting options, saying filmmakers know they need someone who dares to play that role. Heath Ledger is thrown before there is a script.
Performance
Heath Ledger describes the Joker as "psychopath, mass murder, clown schizophrenia with zero empathy". Highlighting the opportunity for freshness, the actor aimed for a new and different interpretation of the character, apart from the previous film incarnation.
Ledger and Christopher Nolan both explained seeing eye-to-eye on Joker appearances in the movie, sharing common reference points for characters that would become. Based on the philosophical ideas of anarchy and chaos, they view art by Francis Bacon for visual references and they talk about the performance of Malcolm McDowell as Alex in the movie Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange , and who Alex is in Anthony Burgess' novel with the same name. Ledger was given a graphic novel by Alan Moore Batman: The Killing Joke for the role preparation, as well as Grant Morrison graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, the actor really try to read and put it ". In an interview with MTV, Ledger says he considers the Joker play experience as the most fun he has ever had, "and will probably never exist".
Description
Wearing the character's traditional color palette, the Joker wore a thin tie and a green vest, fitted with a purple coat, a stylish choice that listened back to the era of New Romanticism. His shoes have an upward movement at the foot, reminiscent of a clown's shoes. He does not carry any identification and does not give clear details about his real name or background; when he was arrested by the Gotham City police, they only found a knife and a cloth in his pocket.
Joker hair is yarn, unkempt, and green. Her face was covered with a cracked and runny white rhinestone makeup, with her thick black-framed eyes. A dirty red smile is painted on a Glasgow smile under makeup, stretching from mouth to cheek. Film critic Peter Travers writes about the Joker as having "shabby hair and yellow teeth from a dog just out of hell".
Character behavior brings the quality of unexpectedness. His voice often shifted in the field, so he talked his dialogue hit a higher tone, followed by a low direct voice that could land two octaves below. Nolan acknowledged this uncertainty to be part of the slinky character's physical movements as well, saying that Ledger's performance "always surprises". About the physical appearance of Joker, Geoff Boucher writes for the Los Angeles Times that characters investigate facial scars with their tongues and "walk with shoulders bent and chin out and down, like hyenas".
Development
Steve Alexander, Heath Ledger's agent, says the actor has a "pay-or-play" deal on The Dark Knight, so he feels free to do whatever he wants to do as a Joker, no matter how crazy. "According to Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, Ledger has spoken to him about John Speprow's Johnny Spep photoshoot at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in conjunction with The Dark Knight , which aims to create a show that will "be very far away he will be fired". As Ledger was cast in early pre-production, Nolan explained that the actor had "months and months" to prepare for the role.
Over a span of six weeks, Ledger "locks" himself in a hotel room, forming a character diary and experimenting with voices. "It's a combination of reading all the comic books I can that is relevant to the script and then just closing my eyes and contemplating it", he said of the process. The diary contains inscriptions and pieces in it. Christopher Hooton, writing for The Independent, says that the Joker journal has several stills from the Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange, joker cards, hyena photos, makeup dressing. and the word "chaos" is highlighted in green. In addition, it contains a list of things that Joker will find amusing, like AIDS, landmines, and geniuses that suffer brain damage. It was revealed that Ledger had read Grant Morrison's writings about The Clown at Midnight (Batman # 663) and based on a list of Batman writer prose.
Ledger highlights the importance of finding iconic sounds and laughs for characters, connecting sounds as "a crazy killer key". Nolan explains Ledger's "odd" ambitions for character sounds, saying that the actor has learned how to talk abdominal belly. The filmmaker also acknowledged that the sound performance was based on Alexander's technique.
Ledger develops the voice and behavior of the Joker slowly over time and during the camera test. "Do not act, read on," Nolan has told Ledger for the tests. In a hair test and makeup, Ledger will begin exploring the character's movements. When testing the recording silently, he shares the Joker's opinion and physicality, and "that way he slips over it".
The actor developed a characteristic physical appearance, becoming "deeply involved" with his face painting, says prosthetic prosthetic supervisor Conor O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan acknowledged how Ledger, Nolan and the makeup artist John Caglione were all interested in Francis Bacon's painting by Nolan. Ledger must also choose a Joker weapon between different rubber blades, and he works with Lindy Hemming's costume designer to determine his character.
Nolan noted, "We gave Francis Bacon a spin to [his face].This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself, it's dirty, you can almost imagine what it smells like." With costume designer Lindy Hemming chooses inspiration for the "chaotic" look of contemporary cultural pop culture artists such as Iggy Pop, Johnny Rotten, and Sid Vicious. He gives pictures to Joker someone who is "very sweaty" and who "may not have a decent home". He tries to present a backstory for the character "that he really does not take care of himself".
Execution
Heath Ledger's makeup app is done with actors who wrinkle special facial expressions. Caglione called the app a "dance" function. This technique creates a facial texture for white paint. As Ledger closed his eyes tightly, Caglione wore black makeup. Then, water is sprayed onto the eyes and the actor will close his eyes and shake his head to create imperfections in makeup.
To get the character in the making of the film, Ledger uses the Joker diary he brought with him. Between taking, Heath Ledger stays out of character even as she wears character costume, just being herself. The actor will play around, play skateboarding while wearing Joker costume on set, and smoking. John Caglione describes Ledger as helping others to relax, never allowing "the intense nature of the role to overwhelm him".
The first sequence sequence is the opening of the IMAX movie, "prolog". When the Joker wore the mask through the scene with minimal dialogue, Nolan set the first prologue on schedule because he wanted to postpone performance worries, allowing Ledger to enjoy the favor.
The interrogation scene between Batman and Joker is the first scene scene with Ledger that really shows full performance together. The director and the main actors all like the idea of ​​taking key scenes early on. During practice, the actors keep things loose and improvised, saving for the actual shoot. Bale insists that Ledger does not make Joker sounds during practice, waiting to get a character when the camera is rolled up. Nolan later admitted the scene was her favorite in the film, saying, "I've never seen anyone sell a punch like Heath can with Christian."
Ledger is allowed to shoot and direct the threat video that Joker sends as a warning. Each Ledger take is different from the last. Nolan was quite impressed with the first video shoot he chose not to attend when Ledger recorded the video with the kidnapped reporter (Anthony Michael Hall).
Heath Ledger always appears at the beginning of the set. The first thing he will do, according to Caglione, is to provide a bear hug for the cast and crew members around the set. "And no matter how knocked or bruised Heath was after a long day, after we pulled off the last drop of makeup, he would just hug everyone in the trailer before he left." At the end of the filming, on the final page of Joker's diary, Ledger writes "BYE BYE".
Effects of Heath Ledger's death
On January 22, 2008, after she finished filming The Dark Knight, Ledger died, aged 28, from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, which caused intense press attention and memorial tributes. "It was very emotional, just when he graduated, had to go back and see him every day [during editing]", Nolan recalls. "But the fact is, I feel very fortunate to have something productive to do, have a look that she's so proud of, and that she has entrusted me to finish it." All the Ledger scenes appear when he finishes them in the filming; in film editing, Nolan added that there is no digital effect to change the actual performance of Ledger posthumously. Nolan has devoted part of the film to Ledger's memory.
Ledger's death affected the marketing campaign for The Dark Knight and also the production and marketing of Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus; both Nolan and Gilliam celebrate and pay homage to Ledger's work in these films.
Reception and inheritance
Announcements and initial responses
On July 31, 2006, The Dark Knight was officially announced by Warner Bros. by casting Heath Ledger as Joker. The casting decision shocked others, and seen it as a controversial move at the time, received an important negative reaction on the Internet. Nolan recalls the cynicism he experienced around Ledger casting, saying that "the whole world turned and said 'What are you doing?' You know, Heath Ledger, Joker, it does not make any sense to anyone else. "In his book 2016 The Caped Crusade: Batman and Rise of Nerd Culture, NPR contributor Glen Weldon recalls that fans are angry at the choice Ledger, due to his past roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain (2005).
However, with the first trailer released in 2007, the film and its portrayal of the Joker received a very positive response from entertainment and entertainment industry professionals. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro gushes his impression for the Ledger show, finding it "really, very tense and scary". American authors Batman, Paul Dini and Jeph Loeb, both reacted positive reactions. Loeb, who has been critical of Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker in 1989's Batman, expressed his delight at Ledger's interpretation, saying the casting felt "almost right. I am eagerly anticipating more!"
Critical reception
Heath Ledger's explanation of the Joker received critical acclaim, winning many posthumous awards for his performance, including Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in Supporting Roles, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Extraordinary Performance by Male Actor in Supporting Roles, and Best International Actor Award at the 2008 Australian Film Film Awards.
"I can only speak superlatively from Ledger, who is crazy-brilliant as a Joker", writes Peter Travers from Rolling Stone, stating that the film is deeper than its predecessor, with a "nimble" script that refuses to researching Joker with popular psychology. Travers praised the players, saying each took his A game's "span" "into his movie. Travers says Ledger moves the Joker away from Jack Nicholson's interpretation into the darker areas, and expressed his support for any potential campaign for Ledger to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated that Heath Ledger's portrayal was a "key performance" and contemplated whether he would be the Academy Award-winning actor first after Peter Finch in 1976.
Mark Dinning of the Empire magazine called the "monumental" Ledger show and wrote "The Dark Knight is a Ledger movie.This is a show towering ... Fucking natural power.". Kevin Smith commented on Ledger, calling his "extraordinary" appearance "the most frightening, intelligent, and well-trained villain. Ever ." Mark Lee, writing for The Daily Telegraph, commented that Ledger achieved "a truly disturbing portrait, a brilliant portrait of evil". Teeman's team commented to The Times that "Ledger is so frightening and unpredictable that his presence on the screen makes you nervous." Total Film review that Ledger is "burning bright as he manifests the icon.... This is the definitive Joker", calling the performance of "a masterpiece". For The Hollywood Reporter , Kirk Honeycutt calls Ledger's appearance "beauty". Entertainment Weekly put this movie at the end of the decade, the "best-of" list, saying, "Every great hero needs a great villain, and in 2008, Batman Christian Bale found her in Dervish mad Heath Ledger, Joker. "Emanuel Levy wrote Ledger" throwing himself completely "into the role. David Denby of The New Yorker, who was critical of the film, praised Ledger's "creepy and scary" performance, which he says is one of the film's elements of success. Denby calls Ledger "dazzling" and says, "Her appearance is a heroic and unpleasant act: the young actor is looking into the abyss." "This is just one of the most iconic movie shows of the modern era", says Scott Foundas, the film critic's head of Variety .
Movie critics, fellow stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Caine, and many of Ledger's colleagues in the film community joined Bale to call for and predict a nomination for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of Ledger's performance at The Dark Knight.
See also
- Joker in other media
- Barack Obama Poster "Joker"
References
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