”I’m Still Here” is all a lie. Actor Phoenix had a “documentary” about her volatile manner done. It was all just a performance well played. Film critics just hated the film last week when it came out, although Casey Affleck, director of “I’m Still Here,” talked. Everything within the movie was set up to happen, including the Letterman appearance and the drug-addled rap performances Phoenix gave. Affleck states Phoenix’s career will skyrocket with the operation in “I’m Still Here”. Others think the film could have harmed the professions of Phoenix and Affleck beyond repair.
Phoenix in a mockumentary really
Casey had an interview that was posted Thursday within the New York Times with Michael Cieply. It is here that he admitted “I’m Still Here” was a hoax. The Movie was meant to portray what happened to Joaquin Phoenix after his Academy Award from his acting in “I Walk the Line” as Johnny Cash. Supposedly, he had a breakdown of his spirit, body and mind. This was done over two years. That means it was a two year performance for Phoenix. His beard was the first thing to change. He grew the beard. Gaining some weight was next. There was an appearance on the Letterman show in 2009. The host was completely fooled by this. Following the critics and public disliked the film so much, Affleck decided it was time to tell the truth. On September 22, Phoenix will really be appearing on the Letterman show.
Media working on getting the fact out
By admitting that “I’m Still Here” is a Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary, Affleck may be trying to boost what has so far been tepid public interest within the film. The Washington Post reports what two bloggers, Jen Chaney and Liz Kelly, feel regarding the whole situation. They believe that more viewers could be able to understand the film and want to see what was accomplished following the announcement from Affleck and Phoenix. The movie doing well does not really matter, they say. What is significant is that society sees that anyone can become self destructive in public, even Academy Award nominee.
Deception hurting Hollywood
There aren’t that numerous individuals interested in the objectives of the filmmaker. Affleck and Phoenix will feel the backfire from “I’m Still Here” states a Hollywood reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein. Show-biz insiders think, based on Goldstein, the film is, “self-important, exercise in foolishness, concocted by two knuckleheads who seemed peeved either because they did not have successful A-list careers or because they thought the industry was too dull and mindless to allow them to take the kind of bold risks that real artists take.” As for Phoenix’s upcoming appearance on Letterman, one of Goldstein’s sources said “Boy, if Letterman was not in on the joke, he is really going to take that poor guy to the cleaners.”
Further reading
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/09/17/movies/17affleck.html?_r=2
Washington Post
voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2010/09/joaquin_phoenix_yes_it_was_a_h.html
Los Angeles times
latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2010/09/will-casey-affleck-end-up-in-movie-jail-after-admitting-im-not-here-was-a-hoax.html
