Joker Wins The Golden Lion Of 2019, To Be The Pinnacle Of DC Movie
On September 7th, 2019, the 76th Venice International Film Festival awards were finally announced. The DC movie ‘Joker’ wins the Golden Lion Award for best film, the highest prize awarded at the festival. This is also the first time that the DC movie wins the award.
Joaquin Phoenix, who played the Arthur Fleck / Joker in the film, was not named the best actor and lost to Luca Marinelli, who starred in Martin Eden. In 2012, Joaquin Phoenix won the Best Actor Award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival with the film The Master.
Since the box office of Justice League in 2017 did not meet expectations, the DC movie universe has adjusted the future film plan, and many of the films originally planned to be produced have been cut.
New works that are independent of the DC movie universe have been put on the production schedule to seek new breakthroughs. ‘Joker’ started shooting in September 2018, and it was finished in December. It was unveiled at the Venice Film International Festival in August this year. It earned a great reputation at the premiere.
<p class=‘img-source’>Official poster for Warner's "The Joker" SOURCE: WARNER BROS.
On the IMDb platform, the score of ‘Joker’ is as high as 9.6 points, and the word-of-mouth is so good that the number of people is over 10,000. The rotten tomato freshness is 86%, which is also highly praised.
From the point of view, ’Joker’ is the pinnacle of DC movies in the past ten years. After the ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’, ‘Suicide Squad’, ‘Justice League’ and other DC movie’s lower box office, they finally on a word of mouth explosions.
<p class=‘img-source’>Official poster for Warner's "The Joker" SOURCE: WARNER BROS.
‘Joker’ is directed by Todd Phillips, he is best known for writing and directing the comedy film ‘Road Trip(2000)’, ‘Old School(2003)’, ‘Starsky & Hutch(2004)’, ‘The Hangover Trilogy(2009, 2011, and 2013)’ and ‘Due Date(2010)’. The starring roles include Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Marc Maron, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, and Brian Tyree Henry, etc.
This new work tells the story of the origin of the Joker. It is called the darkness movie of DC movies. Compared with the previous superhero movies, its style is different and bold, bringing a completely different look and feel.
Arthur Fleck was originally a clown actor who has been plagued by mental illness. He is a laughing stock in life. He is often bullied and even beaten. Life is step by step to push him to the brink of collapse. Batman's mortal clown was finally born in the dark Gotham city.
The reason why ‘Joker’ will be popular, the most important thing is the profound story connotation, the content is thought-provoking, and the other is the performance of Joaquin Phoenix, which gives the film its unique charm.
Winning the Golden Lion for Best Film is just the first battle of ‘Joker’ to impact the major film awards. Next, with the arrival of the award season, DC's new work ‘Joker’ is bound to continue to shine.
The full list of winners is below.
Venice 76 Awards
- Golden Lion: Joker, directed by Todd Phillips
- Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize: An Officer and a Spy, directed by Roman Polanski
- Silver Lion Best Director: Roy Andersson, About Endlessness
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Ariane Ascaride in Gloria Mundi
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli in Martin Eden
- Best Screenplay Award: No. 7 Cherry Lane, written and directed by Yonfan
- Special Jury Prize: The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be, directed by Franco Maresco
- Marcello Mastroianni Award for Young Actor: Toby Wallace in Babyteeth, directed by Shannon Murphy
Horizons Awards
- Best Film: Atlantis, directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych
- Best Director: Theo Court, Blanco en Blanco
- Special Jury Prize: Verdict, directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
- Best Actress: Marta Nieto in Madre
- Best Actor: Sami Bouajila in A Son
- Best Screenplay: Revenir, written by Jessica Palud, Philippe Lioret, Diasteme and directed by Jessica Palud
Lion of the Future
Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: You Will Die at 20, directed by Amjad Abu Alala
Venice VR
- Best VR Film: The Key, directed by Celine Tricart
- Best VR Experience Award: A Linha, directed by Ricardo Laganaro
- Best VR Story Award: Daughters of Chibok, directed by Joel Kachi Benson
Venice Classics
- Best Documentary on Cinema: Babenco: Tell Me When I Die, directed by Barbara Paz
- Best Restored Film: Ectasy, directed by Gustav Machaty
