broken man as much a victim as a perpetrator psychologically damaged reminiscent of taxi drivers travis bickle one of robert de niro's most iconic roles. i'm our. director todd phillips best known for the hangover trilogy came to venice with his star joaquin phoenix. both were in high spirits can't. that with the joker they have an ace up their sleeves. face a guy is searching for a dennehy i think he becomes mistakenly symbol and really what he was looking for is adulation he was never looking for the world to burn this joker. arthur flick has a condition he bursts into cackles of laughter usually at inappropriate moments he's heavily medicated i want to be stand up comedian he can't keep it together on stage it always bombs he's a loser. i didn't refer to any customer relations of the character. it was just something that felt like it was our creation in some ways and the think that's what was really important for me to it. it's an inspired reinvention of the villain purpose even heath ledger's character pales in comparison to joaquin phoenix's joker. he lost 24 kilos to play the part of thi