Very true - what I mean is I do not need an entire film devoted to it as this one appears to be. We see the origin story of Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad as well - as part of a larger story.
This finally screened at the Venice Film Festival and my Twitter feed (set up to follow Festival reactions for several different films) is going crazy. People love it.
Here’s an article from The Hollywood Reporter.
Venice: Joaquin Phoenix Delivers Strong Oscar Buzz as Evil Turn in New Portrait of ‘Joker’
Has anyone posted a link to the final trailer yet? If not, here it is:
Ratings based on the screening in Venice. (I stole this from someone)
Joker (2019)
IGN: 10/10
Variety: 5/5
Hollywood Reporter: 4.5/5
Empire Magazine (UK): 10/10
Total Film Magazine (UK): 10/10
Collider: 9/10
Forbes: 10/10
L.A Times: 4/5
Guardian (UK): 5/5
Daily Telegraph (UK): 5/5
Bumped.
A nice post-Oscar photo here: