I'm Still Here
2010 Directed by Casey Affleck
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I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the documentary follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
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Joaquin Phoenix was a rapper. I'm speechless.
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First of all in my opinion this is the most brilliant film I have ever seen. It's hard for me to even describe how I feel about I'm Still Here. I get that the whole thing was a joke and a clever fuck you too Hollywood and pretty much humanity in general. But it was so well done and pure genius that you can't even stay mad at it for long. In fact if you were mad at all when watching this than you didn't get the point of it at all.
This film is like live action trolling, it's part reality show, part documentary, part comedy, part drama and none of it's real. Even though it's not real it…
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TOTAL ART... ISH.
Crispin Glover has been doing variations of this for fuckin' YEEEARS, man!
And he's MUCH better at it.
AND he's doing it when he's alone and nobody is filming him!You get 2.5 for the sweet hobo style, -2.5 for bein' all up on the Crisper's sack. YOU BITCHES ARE LATE TO THE PARTY.
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A documentary chronicling a turbulent year in the life of the amazing performer Joaquin Phoenix. When he becomes tired of his career he begins to pursue a career in hip-hop. This is of course, as everyone besides Roger Ebert knows, a mockumentary. This is a good thing, because if it was real I don't think I would have been able to handle it. It is already a hugely emotional and disturbing experience.
Most of the poor critical response this has received is due to the fact that the whole think was a hoax. I don't understand this. To make it truly believable and to have it done well, it needed to be made public. This is an invalid criticism from…
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"Stand where somebody else tells you to stand, say what somebody else tells you to say."
This is how Joaquin Phoenix describes his frustrations with acting, causing him to retire. Like a DJ sick of playing other peoples songs and wanted to produce their own, Phoenix laments that the craft of acting is not fulfilling enough. It is extremely ironic for such a great actor, who is about to turn in a stellar performance in The Master, is so disenchanted with an art form he is so gifted at.
This movie does seem to want to expose or skewer the self-entitled characteristics that fame can create in someone. It's almost like a realistic take on the Entourage mentality of celebrity…
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A genuinely hilarious film that makes the backlash surrounding Joaquin Phoenix's public appearances in 2008 and 2009 seem absolutely ridiculous. People seemed to be generally offended at the time by the fact that Phoenix was putting on an act, which I find very strange. The creation of I'm Still Here is really a harmless prank, so being offended by it seems to be a waste of energy. Embracing the film's complete commitment to lampooning celebrity culture is the way to go, and it is with that attitude that I have watched and rewatched the film.
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..this is sad. and in a weird way, kinda like a method- case study for his role in the master or something. all i could think of while seeing this was that i'd rather be watching 'the master'.. bleh
im gonna go for a walk, drink some coffee, come home late and watch the master again..
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As a corrosive emblem for the cult of celebrity, Affleck's ruse mockumentary is intermittently enticing, occasionally abhorrent and weighted with ego. Yes, I enjoyed the profound commentary on how mean-spirited swilling is apart of gossip business. No, I don't need to join Phoenix as he's bingeing on coke, romping with whores and launching his senseless rap career. At times a revealing slice of Hollywood's nadir, but somewhat deceitful in making me buy my way into its facade. An interesting movie, but never enlightening. For what it's worth, Phoenix's turbulently insane performance is mostly a memorable one of deranged personae.
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flawed but the ending shot is haunting beyond description
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My flatmate and I had to stop watching this film for a couple of minutes just to check that it really was a mockumentary. Phoenix's performance is so fantastic, and the situation is so believable, that I almost doubted myself when I explained before watching that it wasn't real. However, I'm Still Here is undoubtedly extremely flawed, for a number of reasons, but it deserves credit for being both a wonderfully orchestrated hoax and a disturbing insight into celebrity and the way the media react whenever a famous person shows even the slightest deviation from "normality".
The two main problems are as follows:
- The tone is all over the place. There are points when it seems very serious, and…
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Great concept, but I felt the execution was a little 'meh'. It has some really good parts, but overall I found it a little lack luster and it really dragged at points. I'm not convinced it really managed to achieve what it set out to do either (parody reality tv and demonstrate the ridiculous relationship pop-culture consumers have towards 'celebrity-ism' and the media platforms which sustain said relationship, right?).
I REALLY wanted to like this film, but I kinda found myself wishing I was doing something else a few too many times to kid myself...
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So apparently, this is not a real documentary. But still, Joaquin Phoenix was a fucking mess. Good thing he realized his mistake and went back to acting.
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i want to buy the soundtrack
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Joaquin Phoenix was a rapper. I'm speechless.
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First of all in my opinion this is the most brilliant film I have ever seen. It's hard for me to even describe how I feel about I'm Still Here. I get that the whole thing was a joke and a clever fuck you too Hollywood and pretty much humanity in general. But it was so well done and pure genius that you can't even stay mad at it for long. In fact if you were mad at all when watching this than you didn't get the point of it at all.
This film is like live action trolling, it's part reality show, part documentary, part comedy, part drama and none of it's real. Even though it's not real it…