In the “documentary” I’m Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix lets it all hang out. His behaviour is revealing and crudely hysterical – sex with a hooker (he is giddy about smelling her asshole), full frontal nudity of his male assistants (Antony Langdon, Larry McHale) and you even get up close and very personal with him as he vomits into a toilet. It follows him as he announces his retirement – tired of being a puppet and a characterization of “Joaquin Phoenix” – and his journey of reinvention into a Hip-Hop artist.
I’m Still Here doesn’t throw any amazing punches, however you’ll laugh and cry from it – Joaquin Phoenix isn’t a real person, this is Borat-inspired insane performance art – just because he is so utterly deplorable. As charismatic an actor as he is, in this film there isn’t even a glimmer of celebrity to him, it has been totally stripped away.
I’m Still Here doesn’t throw any amazing punches, however you’ll laugh and cry from it – Joaquin Phoenix isn’t a real person, this is Borat-inspired insane performance art – just because he is so utterly deplorable. As charismatic an actor as he is, in this film there isn’t even a glimmer of celebrity to him, it has been totally stripped away.
- 9/14/2010
- by Karen Divorty
- FusedFilm
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