[#DailyMovieSketch × #Inktober #Inktober2019] @inktoberJoker (2019)Directed by Todd PhillipsFor the Inktober prompt word "frail", I decided to do a sketch based on the new "Joker" movie, as one can relate the word to it in more ways than one.The movie was released in India two days before its US release date (Oct 2 as opposed to Oct 4) and I watched it then. This was a highly anticipated movie and to me, it did not disappoint.The movie offers an origin story for the DC Comics villain, and it's a standalone film not part of an existing movie / TV / comics continuity, so more like a one-shot comic book. It follows the mentally frail Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) in early 1980s grimy Gotham City, who works as a clown and aspires to be a standup comedian, and shows us how circumstances and the way society treats him, leads him into a downward spiral. There are three things that stood out for me, about this movie – the first is obviously Joaquin Phoenix's fantastic performance in the lead role, he is on screen almost throughout the movie and his portrayal is scary and evokes sympathy at the same time. The second is the gorgeous cinematography by Todd Phillips' frequent collaborator Lawrence Sher, and the third is the music score by Hildur Guðnadóttir. Since much of the film is shown to us through Fleck's point of view, there's an "unreliable narrator" aspect to it which I liked also. However, the general mean spirited tone of the movie and many of the characters mean that this is not really an "entertaining" movie to watch. One negative thing for me, if you take away the central role / performance, I felt the story doesn't offer too much depth beyond that. It's a very good movie though, no doubt, must watch.I drew Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur from one of the scenes in the movie, while you may think that this visual was made for the poster, it's actually in the movie itself. The drawing was done with @staedtlermars ballpoint pens on A6 Brustro sketchbook and scanned.#ballpointpen #inksketch #penandink#frail #joker #joaquinphoenix #toddphillips #robertdeniro#arthurfleck #jokermovie#483 / 9-Oct-19
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