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  1. Aug 28, 2019 · Joker and The King of Comedy: The 1980s Cult Classic That Inspired the Joaquin Phoenix Movie. Martin Scorsese's vicious 1984 film The King of Comedy was the Joker origin movie we had before they...

    • William Bibbiani
  2. Oct 4, 2024 · Warner Bros. Joker, which hit theaters on October 4, 2019, tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a wannabe stand-up comedian who mentally devolves, Taxi Driver -style, into both a serial killer and a...

    • Daniel Dockery
  3. Oct 4, 2023 · Despite its initial controversy, Joker was met with pretty decent reviews and went on to become a cult classic. It earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, one for Phoenix for his incredible performance.

  4. Oct 7, 2019 · You can clearly see Joker’s influence stems as far back as Taxi Driver too, right down to the inclusion of Robert De Niro. In a way, Joker feels like the modern-day equivalent of that film and is likely to be one heavily regarded as a cult classic from this year.

  5. Oct 2, 2019 · Joker’s whole shtick — no matter the medium — is that the character is a loopy, confused liar with an ever-shifting backstory. As he quips in the 1988 Alan Moore comic Batman: The Killing ...

    • Rebecca Alter
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  6. Oct 3, 2019 · Joker is a gritty character study of a dangerously damaged man, more in the vein of early Martin Scorsese movies – as has been widely discussed already, it contains particular shades of 1976’s ...

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  8. Sep 25, 2019 · A Roundup of All the Controversies Surrounding Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’. By Josh Terry. September 25, 2019, 3:06pm. While director Todd Phillips’ Joker film is one of the year’s most...

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