David Fincher calls Joker starring Joaquin 不死鳥／絶品 'a betrayal of the mentally ill'

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Before the film won a pair of Oscar statuettes, it created lively 審議s around mental illness upon its 解放（する） last year.

And now Todd Phillips's DC origins film Joker, starring 学院 Award 勝利者 Joaquin 不死鳥／絶品, is again the 支配する of 審議, thanks to some 負担d comments from Seven auteur David Fincher.

Fincher, 58, spoke with The Telegraph, in which he に例えるd the film to a '罠（にかける）' and 'a betrayal of the mentally ill.'

Controversy:?Joker, starring Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix, is again the subject of debate, thanks to some loaded comments from Seven auteur David Fincher

論争:?Joker, starring 学院 Award 勝利者 Joaquin 不死鳥／絶品, is again the 支配する of 審議, thanks to some 負担d comments from Seven auteur David Fincher

In the interview, Fincher said Joker 直接／まっすぐに drew on classic characters from ツバメ Scorsese's oeuvre and 'conflated' them:?

'I don’t think ?anyone would have looked at that 構成要素 and thought, "Yeah, let’s take [Taxi Driver’s] Travis Bickle and [The King of Comedy’s] Rupert Pupkin and conflate them, then 罠（にかける） him in a betrayal of the mentally ill, and trot it out for a billion dollars."'

Fincher also seemed 特に 困らすd by the fact that Joker earned over $1 billion at the box office, as …に反対するd to one of his more 著名な films that also 取引，協定s with the 主題 of mental illness ? すなわち, 1999's 教団 攻撃する，衝突する Fight Club.

Loaded words:?Fincher, 58, spoke with The Telegraph , in which he likened the film to a 'trap' and 'a betrayal of the mentally ill'; seen in 2017

負担d words:?Fincher, 58, spoke with The Telegraph , in which he に例えるd the film to a '罠（にかける）' and 'a betrayal of the mentally ill'; seen in 2017

That film was 最初 shunned by moviegoing audiences, only 伸び（る）ing traction later on.?

Regarding 早期に 審査s of Fight Club, Fincher 解任するd that 'the general 見解（をとる） afterwards の中で the studio types was, "Our careers are over."?

'The fact we got that film made in 1999 is still, to my mind, a 奇蹟.'

Fincher also seemed particularly irked by the fact that Joker earned over $1 billion at the box office, as opposed to one of his more notable films that also deals with the theme of mental illness: Namely, 1999's cult hit Fight Club; Fincher seen here in 2018

Fincher also seemed 特に 困らすd by the fact that Joker earned over $1 billion at the box office, as …に反対するd to one of his more 著名な films that also 取引，協定s with the 主題 of mental illness: すなわち, 1999's 教団 攻撃する，衝突する Fight Club; Fincher seen here in 2018

The Social 網状組織 filmmaker also 指名するd another Oscar-winning pivotal comic 調書をとる／予約する film ? 2008's The Dark Knight ? as 部分的に／不公平に 責任がある Joker's runaway success.

'Nobody would have thought they had a 発射 at a 巨大（な） 攻撃する，衝突する with Joker had The Dark Knight not been as 大規模な as it was,' Fincher 明言する／公表するd in The Telegraph interview.

When Joker was 解放（する）d late last year, it created 論争 and 生成するd think pieces across the board as to whether 不死鳥／絶品's 描写 of Arthur Fleck, who 苦しむd from さまざまな forms of mental illness, was 正確な or 同情的な.

When Joker was released late last year: It created controversy and generated think pieces as to whether Phoenix's portrayal of Arthur Fleck, who suffered from various forms of mental illness, was accurate or sympathetic

When Joker was 解放（する）d late last year: It created 論争 and 生成するd think pieces as to whether 不死鳥／絶品's 描写 of Arthur Fleck, who 苦しむd from さまざまな forms of mental illness, was 正確な or 同情的な

Nonetheless, Joaquin went on to 勝利，勝つ the Best Lead Actor Oscar this past February, from の中で the film's daunting eleven 指名／任命s that 含むd Best Picture, Directing and Screenplay.

作曲家?Hildur Gu?nad?ttir also became the first ever woman to be awarded the Oscar for Best 得点する／非難する／２０.?

Fincher, 一方／合間, is 現在／一般に 促進するing his new film Mank, a 黒人／ボイコット and white biopic 中心ing on old Hollywood?screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz of 国民 Kane fame.

Nonetheless: Joaquin went on to win the Best Lead Actor Oscar this past February, from among the film's daunting eleven nominations

Nonetheless: Joaquin went on to 勝利，勝つ the Best Lead Actor Oscar this past February, from の中で the film's daunting eleven 指名／任命s

Meanwhile: Fincher is currently promoting his new film Mank, a black and white biopic centering on old Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz;?Amanda Seyfried seen here in the film

一方／合間: Fincher is 現在／一般に 促進するing his new film Mank, a 黒人／ボイコット and white biopic 中心ing on old Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz;?Amanda Seyfried seen here in the film

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