Like he is on the spectrum and he cannot relate. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. I feel kind of silly for saying this but that was an adorable moment in the film. He wants to shut himself away from the world completely, and the fridge provides a quick and easy way to do just that, but only temporarily.2.) Edit, Viewers have offered two opinions1.) 1) He is likely still sore from the jumping he took at the beginning of the movie. | Exactly what kind of illness/disorder was Arthur suffering from? Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Why did Thomas Wayne punch Arthur instead of confronting him calmly like Alfred did? Randall is shown to be so concerned for Arthur's well-being after he gets beaten that he gives him the firearm to defend himself. About Where Joaquin took it as far as he could with Joker, Heath took it way too far, although that wasn't Heath' fault (he's a method actor afterall) so getting into the Joker was a mentally demeaning task than previously thought possible for both actors involved, Joaquin got a more monitored but mostly freed-freely abled performance as Heath went all out during production AND filming to preserve the persona hIs. Joker's Ending Explained. Contact us Just when he thinks he's caught up to them in an alleyway, they smash the sign over his face. It's more likely that Arthur became overpowered with rage, when Randall began to discuss the police investigations, and forgot about the wine. Are those cigarettes real? Every story that touches upon why the Joker became the Joker could be made into a film. Possibly the crowning moment is when he gets his first stand-up gig. We're meant to believe the Joker is insane and unhinged enough . He had just called him to increase the ratings of his show by interviewing a person who had gone viral because of his weird behavior. He could've been stalling you can see his producer motioning to him indicating that they called the police.2.) If the document is a fake or not does not change that he would have been taken by child services for a while yet in his daydream he says he always lived with his mom as the only man of the family. Also Arthur & his mother have Video Players & telephone answer machines - not common to 'lower working class families' in the 70s. Why not get an arrest warrant? Arthur was wronged by Randall. Edit, There are nine confirmed deaths in the film, six of them killed by Arthur.The three Wall Street businessmen: shot to death, on the subwayRandall: stabbed in head with scissorsPenny Fleck: smothered with a pillow in the hospitalMurray Franklin: shot in the head at point blank range. Joker Did Not Kill Sophie: Roxana's Theory. Too tempting to let go.7.) He also brought a gun in a children hospital and lied by saying it was a prop when asked why he has a gun on him. Todd Phillips Cut Zazie Beetz 'Joker' Scene That - IndieWire Here's the "joke": Randall was murdered by the patsy he wanted to set up as a murderer. The fact that we only see Arthurs condition come out in tense moments, and we see it as a response to this line from Randall, it seems as though theres some history to Arthur having to pay back Randall, and being referred to as his boy. For example, if the movie title was changed to Depression, with no hint that this movie is about the genesis of a comic book villain, it will play out like an absolute tragedy (a live studio shooting as the city got engulfed in riots and overrun by looters). What did Arthur mean when he said "They couldn't carry a tune to save their lives"? Plus he did bring the gun in the children hospital (the same way he started dancing with it and shot the wall in his apartment) not something he did for no purpose he did want to carry the gun for self-defense even though it's a firing offense if he is caught with it. Todd Phillips' also indicates that this isn't necessarily The Joker we're seeing here. Todd revealed, that he tried to convince Joaquin several times, before Joaquin accepted the role. Edit, Penny used to work for the Wayne family and may have been able to afford it at the time. It's a suicidal fantasy, which would explain why it quickly cuts to him lying on the bed. Edit, Possibly. Or did he go to the store to get them with a lot of supervision? In other words: Who Arthur imagines himself to be, and how he eventually acts, finally comes together. (24 kg) of weight? Maybe inspecting Arthur's gait in that scene would be telling? Arthur figured out that Randall set him down this path into madness and wronged him which is why he murders him out of vengeance. I don't know what Randall did that provoked Joker to do what he did. Arthur Fleck, later known as the Joker, is the titular main protagonist of the 2019 DC Black psychological comic book thriller-film of the same name and will return in its upcoming 2024 sequel Joker: Folie Deux. Arthur Flecks crimes begin to catch up on him and two GCPD officers try to apprehend him during an action-packed chase scene. "Alternatively, in the bag that Randall gave him, it looked like there were plenty of bullets, even if one doesn't assume that the gun came pre-loaded. Joaquin played the role perfectly. Why did Randall say that Arthur/Joker tried to buy a gun from him? Meanwhile, Murray was doing what he was best at. Trivia In The Dark Knight, when The Joker plans to kill the Mayor at a public gathering. Arthur was lying in bed touching himself when the personnel from the Murray Franklin show called him at home. Audiences are tricked into believing Arthur Fleck is in a relationship with Zazie Beetzs Sophie Dumond. Nevertheless, it works brilliantly as a metaphor for being born again. Joker doesnt flinch as he drives a pair of scissors into his former boss eye and proceeds to repeatedly slam his head again a wall before he bleeds out. On whose turn does the fright from a terror dive end? During his appearance on Franklin's show, Joker tells cruel, unfunny jokes that elicit groans from the audience and a verbal scolding from one of his fellow guests. Through the information he saw on the medical record - and he kills her after seeing that record - it turns out that she had let him be abused and beaten up since a tender age, which would probably be the cause of his mental and physical issues. Arthur Fleck becomes Joker - and goes on a rampage. Why is Joaquin Phoenix's version of Joker wearing a red suit doesn't Joker always wear purple? But as a political statement that the victims of oppression and economic destitution in 1980s Gotham City, which is a mirror of New York city, are predominantly black? Why did Arthur do the suicidal self-shooting gesture to Sophie in her apartment?