Although "Joker" has been in theaters for a full month, the enthusiasm has not yet receded. In addition to surpassing the "Deadpool" series of films earlier, it became the most popular restricted film in film history. It also earned a high of $934 million in the world. The box office, the box office success, even the film company Warner Bros. was shocked, showing how powerful this movie is! As an independent film of the DC superhero series, "Joker" shows that this is not a superhero movie at the beginning. There is no fighting scene, no clown's nemesis Batman, no connection to the DC universe, and some It's just the story of the lower class Arthur Fleck being oppressed and transformed.
"Joker" is praised for the plot, rhythm, and the acting skills of the actor Jacques Phoenix. It is more attractive in every detail in the movie, although the director Todd Phillips has said that he did not leave it for the movie. Laying eggs, but in fact, every scene of it can still attract the audience to discuss. From Arthur Fleck/Joker's costumes to small actions, every detail hides its meaning. Has anyone who watched the movie discovered it?
(the following content contains spoilers)
Arthur Fleck’s costumes
The costumes of "Joker" are managed by the Oscar winner Mark Bridges, who relied on "The Artist" and "Phantom Sewing" Films such as "The Carpenter" have won 5 Oscars, which shows how strong the team of the "Joker" movie is. As a low-class figure, Arthur Fleck’s costumes are certainly not too gorgeous. In order to create a desperate and melancholic atmosphere, his costumes are often mainly in cool colors. "We hope to tell from the character’s costumes. Who is the audience character and what their lives are like.” So Mark Bridges thought that Arthur Fleck would not care too much about his appearance. All the clothes would fall into the washing machine and wash them at once. There was no awareness of clothes maintenance. , The clothes have traces of repeated washing, and they are also cheaper.
Arthur Fleck makeup
Nicky Lederman and Kay Giorgio were responsible for the makeup and hairstyle of "Joker". Nicky Lederman once described Gotham Town as a dark and tough place. They hope to link this unique atmosphere with Arthur Fleck. At first, Arthur Fleck’s hair was set to black in the script, but Kay Giorgio thought that black would be too dark. So she used wigs to cut out multiple hairstyles of different shapes and lengths, then dyed the wigs according to the lighting, and then put the knife on Todd Phillips’ head, "I want to learn from Arthur Fleck’s hair color It won’t distract the audience, and it won’t be covered by darkness.” In the end, it was decided to darken Todd Phillips’s original hair color and add grease to make it look more suitable for Arthur. The image of Flake.
changed from Arthur Fleck to a clown
changed from a melancholy Arthur Fleck to a confident clown. He also changed a lot in his costume. Mark Bridges changed Arthur Fleck’s original Cool colors become a contrasting color combination with a strong feeling, such as red, orange and green. The sharp contrast of colors reflects the boldness and confidence that clowns have never had before. Although there are completely different colors, the eye-catching suit of the clown still retains the elements of Arthur Fleck, which is the yellow vest he wore when performing the clown. As for the clown’s makeup and hair, it is actually very particular. Although it seems to use the most iconic green hair, it took a lot of time for such a "broccoli green" team to decide. As for the choice of makeup, because the clown is quiet Personality, the white base makeup color is also matte, so that the face is not shiny. In addition, the red used on the face of the clown is also a red that is close to blood, and the unequal mouth on the left and right is also a metaphor that matches his personality.
The use of left and right hands shows the exchange of Arthur Fleck and the clown
Recently, a mainland film critic shared a new view that Arthur Fleck’s use of left and right hands in "Joker" actually represents his own personality and that of a clown. In the movie, we can see that Arthur Fleck always uses his right hand, whether he is eating cigarettes, writing, or putting on a clown costume for himself, but then we see that he will occasionally use an unusual left hand, such as receiving a colleague’s After the gun, he turned out to be holding the gun with his left hand when posing with the gun at home. Later, he also shot the banker on the subway with his left hand. One of the most important scenes is Arthur FryKe first wrote "The worst thing about mental illness is" in the diary with his right hand, and then continued to write "people expect you to behave as if you don't" with his left hand, and the O character in the middle of the picture has a clown meaning Smiley face.
From the above behavior, it can be seen that the left hand and right hand probably represent the clown and Arthur Fleck. When it is still Arthur Fleck, he will use the right hand and feel indecisive; but when it comes to making a choice, he will Choosing to use the left hand, this kind of character representing the clown has actually been in Arthur Fleck, but he has not really awakened yet, and he needs to choose one of the two. However, when Arthur Fleck used scissors to kill his colleague at home, he used his right hand. This explains that since then Arthur Fleck and the clown have reached a consensus, and the character of the clown no longer needs to be thoroughly understood. It showed through the left hand, but it really took over the whole body.
