Warner Bros. shared the first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux. Joaquin Phoenix will don the costume of the famous villain again but, this time, he will be accompanied by Lady Gaga.
Let the show begin ! Warner Bros. published, on the night of April 9 to 10, 2024, the first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deuxthe sequel Joker, published in 2019 and which earned Joaquin Phoenix the Oscar for best actor. It will have the feel of a musical, with the highly anticipated introduction of Harley Quinn.
There is already a bit of material in this film disconnected from the DC Comics cinematic universe (old and new). What do the beautiful images of director Todd Phillips reveal to us, who intends to push Arthur Fleck a little further into madness?
What should we remember from the first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux?
The codes of the entertainment world
“ We never talked about the film as a musical. I like to say that it’s a film where the music is an essential element, which is not that far from the first film. The first time I described Arthur, I saw him as a lonely man with music inside him », Confided director Todd Phillips (via Polygon).
His Joker: Folie à Deux will be a bizarre film, which will take up the codes of the world of entertainment. The trailer opens with Arthur, who appears to be waiting in the wings (while in a cell) — “ Curtain up, guys! ”, we hear. Later, a spotlight will be shined on him in the dark while he holds a microphone. There is also dance and scenography. We recall that Joker sometimes looked like one man show. So we are in line.
Love at first sight
Joker: Folie à Deux will also be a… love film. The (destructive?) romanticism will be read through the meeting between the Joker and Harley Quinn. Or, rather, we should say, love at first sight between the two characters. Their first exchange of glances is intense and a romance will be born within the Arkham establishment – in the comics, Harley Quinn is not a prisoner, but a therapist, which could change the balance of power between the two. “ I haven’t done anything with my life, unlike you “, Harley said. In the comics, she has a toxic fascination with the Joker. It’s off to a good start in the film too.
Lady Gaga, as Harley Quinn
This is the great attraction of this Joker: Folie à Deux. Lady Gaga, who showed her acting skills (in A Star is Born notably) and his ability to put on a show (at the Super Bowl for example), joins Joaquin Phoenix in the cast. The trailer wastes no time and quickly shows us, first without makeup, then dressed up as Harley Quinn. As with the Joker, the look is quite sober. We are far from Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn.
The Joker, chased by jokers
A furtive scene stands out in the trailer: we see the Joker being chased by other people disguised as a joker. Has Arthur inspired too many people? It is also a way of materializing one’s schizophrenia. “ I’ll tell you what’s changed. I’m not alone anymore “, he said. This sentence has a double meaning: it refers as much to the fact that he found love as to his own mental disorders.
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