Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix discuss ‘Joker’ sequel at Venice Film Festival

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Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix discuss ‘Joker’ sequel at Venice Film Festival  Lady Gaga and co-star Joaquin Phoenix discuss their new film "Joker: Folie a Deux" by US director Todd Phillips at a press conference on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival. The film has brought Lady Gaga back to the big screen after 2021's "House of Gucci."   AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #joker  #venicefilmfestival

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00:00Part of the joy, at least for me, was taking these songs that were standards and trying

00:05to find a way that it felt like they were specific to the characters, that it was the

00:11only way that the characters could express themselves were through these particular songs

00:15sung in this way.

00:17And that was part of what was, I think, an interesting point for us because initially

00:23we started off with some references where, you know, I had Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis

00:30Jr. and these, you know, legends, and I think we started kind of trying to emulate that

00:40sound, at least I did, before we realized, like, wait a second, this is not, this is

00:45not who Arthur is, it might be who Joker wants to be.

00:48You know, I think the way that we approached music in this film was very special and extremely

00:54nuanced.

00:55I wouldn't necessarily say that this is actually a musical in a lot of ways, it's very different.

01:02The way that music is used is to really give the characters a way to express what they

01:07need to say because the scene and just the dialogue is not enough.

01:12And we worked really hard also on the way that we sang, and for me it was a lot about

01:20kind of unlearning technique and forgetting how to breathe and allowing the song to completely

01:27come out of the character and, you know, like Todd said, you know, he always felt like Arthur

01:34had music inside of him, and I think I just, for me I really wanted to help execute Todd's

01:41vision for what this could be with music.

01:44It feels right, it feels correct to be back in Venice.

01:47It felt like the logical launching off point for us for this second film.

01:54We have a very strong feeling towards Venice and what happened last time, not just obviously

01:59winning the festival, but just the way the film was treated.

02:05But I will say on this one, I'm a little more nervous and I think it's a lot easier to come

02:10in to something as the insurgent as opposed to coming in as the incumbent.

02:16And so there's a lot more expectations on a second film, and so, yeah, there's definitely

02:20a sense of more nervousness than I had with the first one.

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