Joaquin Phoenix documentary: Even buyers aren’t sure if it’s a prank
by John Horn
The Los Angeles Times
May 7, 2010
It”s far from the Joaquin Phoenix you”re used to seeing onscreen: snorting cocaine, ordering call girls, having oral sex with a publicist, treating his assistants abusively and rapping badly. And not, apparently, playing a role “” or was he?
Even after seeing the documentary “I”m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix” in a private screening earlier this week, film buyers still aren”t sure of its genuineness. Was the “Walk the Line” and “Gladiator” star, who said more than a year ago that he was quitting acting to become a musician, playing a sophisticated prank, or did he really ditch his Oscar-nominated career to become a disheveled rapper?
Agents at William Morris Endeavor, the sellers of the Casey Affleck-directed film, have started showing the movie to potential distributors, and while some were apparently interested in bidding for “I”m Still Here”s” distribution rights, the shoppers left the screening perhaps even more mystified by Phoenix”s behavior than when they walked in. Continue reading “About Joaquin Phoenix’s New Doc: If It Walks Like a Duck…”