Caros, minha critica publicada no Face sobre o CORINGA chamou atenção dos meus amigos na TV Cultura, onde fui correspondente de 1992 a 1999 e eles me pediram pra falar ao vivo no JC1 hoje a 1:30 da tarde (hora Brasil). Estou postando aqui. Espero que curtam. Um abraço.
#Joker, #Coringa, #Batman #Cinema #Weltman
Yesterday I watched the JOKER in a première session for
journalists here in Los Angeles and I can say that the film is excellent, and
the interpretation of Joaquim Phoenix wonderful. But when I left the projection
room, something was bugging me. In the bathroom, peeing, I heard two Italian
journalists speaking in their language, but I understood the essence of what
they were saying – Soon a movement of murderous clowns will emerge, wait and
see. I laughed along with them, but I started to understand what was the thing
that annoyed me with the film…
Outside the bathroom my son and a friend, and my most dear American colleague,
Steve Goldman were expecting me. Steve is a first-rate journalist and a very
demanding movie critic. The youngsters were delighted with the film, but my
friend Steve was not happy. Like me, he didn’t deny the quality of the
screenplay, the work of the actors and the excellence of production, but
disliked immensely the film’s message, which he accused of being
self-condescending: You mean that now, if you've had a miserable childhood and
a hard life, you'll have the right to kill people who treat you badly?, he told
me. Although I really enjoyed the film, to the point of recommending it, I have
to admit that, in this case, Steve is right. An artistic work can have many
freedoms but being immoral is not one of them. Communicators have to take great
care of what they transmit, especially in works directed to large masses like
this. I felt that way when I saw Oliver Stone’s NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994) and
I must say that JOKER commits the same sin. Its message is dangerously immoral,
especially for the times in which we are living now, with so much social
injustice and political imbecility. We can't become bloodthirsty killers
against all idiots who are pushing mankind down the hill. There must be another
way.
Joker# Hollywood# Cinema# Batman#
