Commentary on the movie “JOKER” #0
#0 Introduction
映画「ジョーカー」15秒CM（ドラマ編）2019年10月4日（金）公開
This is my view that this movie “JOKER” is "the story of a man raised by a mother with a narcissistic personality disorder".
In the 1950s, when Arthur was born, it may have been common for young women working in mansions to be tricked into a lover with their young sons, be abandoned by them, become single-mother families, and have a hard time in their life.
Arthur was particularly unlucky because his mother was a poison mother with a narcissistic personality disorder.
Some may understand that Arthur was adopted, but I'll explain later that “adopted” was a fabrication by Thomas Wayne.
Arthur is not an evil man, but a man raised by a poison mother.
From this point of view, I will interpret the movie "Joker".
It's a spoiler, so please be careful if you haven't watched the movie yet.
The film's director, Todd Phillips, doesn't say much about the film's content, but one of the director's few remarks is famous.
“That laugh in that scene is really the only time he laughs genuinely,” Phillips said. “There are different laughs in the movie. There is the laugh from Arthur’s affliction and then there is his fake laugh when he’s trying to be ‘one of the people,’ which is my favorite laugh. But at the end, when he’s in the room at Arkham State Hospital, that’s his only genuine laugh in the movie.” -From the Los Angeles Times
“That laugh” is a sign that the Joker has succeeded in regaining himself.
He was arrested so it doesn't look like a success to the world, but he looked happy at the end of the movie.
Arthur said, "I came up with a joke". This has been a source of controversy among many fans.
The opinion that "It is a delusion that Bruce Wayne, whose parents were killed, fights as a hero by hiding his face with a mask while suffering a traumatic heart." may be valid.
Some people say that Joker and Bruce don't match when they met in “Dark Night”. But when it's a delusion, it doesn't matter what the age difference is.
Joker Movie | Digital Release Announcement | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Below, I will write my thoughts for each scene.
I will proceed with reference to the scenario on the web and the movie broadcast on WOWOW.
JOKER an origin written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/joker-script-final.pdf
First of all, the sentence written at the beginning of the scenario.
“This story takes place in its own universe. It has no connection to any of the DC films that have come before it.
We see it as a classic Warner Bros. movie. Gritty, intimate and oddly funny, the characters live in the real world and the stakes are personal.
Although it is never mentioned in the film, this story takes place in the past.
Let's call it 1981.
It's a troubled time. The crime rate in Gotham is at record highs. A garbage strike has crippled the city for the past six weeks. And the divide between the "haves" and the "have-nots" is palpable. Dreams are beyond reach, slipping into delusions.”
TP/SS
In other words, "Don't take this movie as part of the Batman series."
Now.
The era setting is 1981.
The United States in 1981 had a much wider gap than it does in 2019.
This story needed that disparity and confusion.
Arthur's killing of three young people on the "HAVES" triggered a demonstration of the "HVE-NOTS".
Of course, the direct cause of the demo was Thomas Wayne's careless words. Still, it's strange, if it was 2019, that it will develop into such demonstrations and riots by itself.
If "HAVE-NOTS" are killed by “HAVES", it is natural for many to get angry and demonstrate.
But in the movie, on the contrary, "HAVES" were killed by "HAVE-NOT", and “HAVE-NOT” began demos.
That's because Gotham City in 1981 suffered from terrible polarization and anger was widespread among the people
The reason why the riots happened only with the words of Thomas that made a fool of people was because Gotham City was originally under tension. This is the movie era setting.
To inform the audience of this setting, the TV announcers repeatedly emphasized that the road was piled up with garbage due to the strike of the garbage truck and that people's hearts were disturbed.
By the way, some people seem to interpret this movie as "the whole movie is Arthur's delusion," but I disagree with this opinion.
If you are delusional, it should be a story that suits you.
You should love to have a happy imagination. For example, you were a genius or a millionaire or something.
Life crying must be a reality, not a delusion.
Then, next time, it's from the scene at the beginning of the movie.
It will be a little longer, but please keep in touch.
Thanks♡
P.S. I’m sorry! My English must be strange because I’m Japanese!
I’m studying English!!
Yuri.
