2019 · 122 min · R

Joker

Name: Joker
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 2019
Duration: 122 min
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen

Directed by Todd Phillips · Crime, Thriller, Drama

Joker (2019) is a Crime film, directed by Todd Phillips set during the 1980s. It runs 122 minutes and is rated R.

A psychological horror, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of madness / loss of sanity, class conflict, and isolation play out through unreliable narrator.

Composer

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Cinematography

Lawrence Sher

Cast

Joaquin PhoenixRobert De NiroZazie BeetzFrances ConroyBrett CullenShea WhighamBill CampGlenn Fleshler

The world of this film

Setting

Urban

When

1980s

Premise & themes

Premise

Psychological Horror

Themes

Madness / Loss Of Sanity Class Conflict Isolation

Structure

Unreliable Narrator

Tone

BleakTense

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadAntihero

Pacing

Slow Burn

Based on

Pure Fiction

1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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1988
Akira
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Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
2000
American Psycho
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Urbandir. Mary Harron
1987
Angel Heart
New York City · New Orleans — 1950s
Urbandir. Alan Parker
2018
Annihilation
Florida — Near Future
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
2014
As Above, So Below
Paris · Iran — 2010s
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle

Joker

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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