”I’m Still Here” may be a lie. It is really a scam. Actor Joaquin Phoenix had a “documentary” concerning her downward spiral done. This was all just an overall performance well played. Director of “I’m Still Here,” Casey Affleck, told all about the truth after it was released last week and destroyed by film critics. Just about every little thing concerning the film was staged, from supposedly drug-addled rap performances by Phoenix to an incoherent, mumbling appearance on David Letterman. Affleck claims Phoenix’s career will skyrocket with the operation in “I’m Still Here”. Others believe the film could have damaged the professions of Phoenix and Affleck beyond repair.
Calling it the Phoenix mockumentary
Casey Affleck admitted that “I’m Still Here” was contrived in an interview with Michael Cieply of the New York Times published Thursday. After playing Johnny Cash in “I Walk the Line” and getting an Academy Award for it, Joaquin Phoenix supposedly had a deterioration of the mind, body and spirit, as shown in the film. This was done over two years. That means it was a two year performance for Phoenix. He began by growing his beard. He gained weight. In 2009 he appeared in character on David Letterman so convincingly the TV host was entirely fooled. There was only one reason Affleck decided to tell the Times the truth. It was as the public and critics reacted so harshly. Phoenix will return to Letterman’s show — as Phoenix — on Sept. 22.
Media works for making it more known
By admitting that “I’m Still Here” is a Phoenix mockumentary, Affleck may be trying to boost what has so far been tepid public interest within the film. More people may be interested in seeing the film and may be able to determine what was being accomplished because of what Affleck said, states bloggers Jen Chaney and Liz Kelly for the Washington Post. Phoenix and Affleck did show society that any actor, even Academy Award nominee, can self destruct, whether or not the movie does well.
Hollywood ends up hurt by the Deception
The Filmmaker did not get that good of a reaction from every person. The objective is not significant too many. Affleck and Phoenix will feel the backfire from “I’m Still Here” claims a Hollywood reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein. Show-biz insiders believe, based on Goldstein, the film is, “self-important, exercise in foolishness, concocted by two knuckleheads who seemed peeved either because they didn’t 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 wasn’t in on the joke, he is really going to take that poor guy to the cleaners.”
Find more information on this subject
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
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