Todd Phillip’s ‘Joker’ Wins Gold At The Venice Film Festival
Todd Phillip’s dark supervillain origin storyJoker has won the Golden Lion award at theVenice Film Festival.
It is not often that a majorHollywoodStudio takes home the coveted prize atVenicebut theWarner Bros. production established itself early on as a leading contender.
The movie, which starsJoaquin Phoenix, has been praised by critics and the award win has proven that it is indeed a unique achievement, especially for a movie that focuses on an antagonist.
Phoenix reportedly lost a lot of weight to play the lead role of failed comedianArthur Fleck, whose downward spiral into madness leads him to eventually become one ofDC’s most famous supervillains.
Jokerwas directed byTodd Phillipswith a budget of $55 million.