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He is currently the subject of a documentary directed by his friend and brother-in-law Casey Affleck; the documentary will follow him as he moves to a career making hip-hop music while managed by rap icon Sean "Diddy" Combs. Filming began in late 2008.

Phoenix made his rap debut in mid-January 2009. Rumors circulated that it was an elaborate hoax, to which Phoenix stated "This is not a joke. Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention. "However, he has also been reported to have said, “It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it.”

In May 2010 Casey Afflect's documentry on Joaquin entitled "I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix" was shown to potential buyers. The LA times reported that the film featured "more male frontal nudity than you’d find in some gay porn films and a stomach-turning sequence in which someone feuding with Phoenix defecates on the actor while he’s asleep" Reportedly film buyers, after seeing it, were still unsure on weather it was a serious documentry or a mockumentry.

What the Samuel Langhorne Hell?!!

I never really got what was going on with this... or why anyone would care to see it. Guy's a decent actor, but I don't really care what he does with the rest of his time.

What did the Phoenix family do to their kids to turn one into a dead junkie and the other into...THAT?!!!

I remember that bit on Letterman, that was hysterical. I remember talk that this was possibly some secret mockumentary in the works

LordD3r3k wrote:I remember that bit on Letterman, that was hysterical. I remember talk that this was possibly some secret mockumentary in the works

Yes. This year...I wonder how it will stand up against Borat and Brüno.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1356864/

I still don't buy it. That interview feels completely staged. Considering Letterman's history with stunts like this I think Phoenix is just pulling a very elaborate prank.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-joaquin-phoenixs-weird-comeback.html

Outside of playing Johnny Cash (and not very well I might add) has this guy even had a career big enough to mount a comeback?

It seriously looks like this total narcissist has lost his friggin' mind. Making a documentary about yourself in what appears to be the midst of a mental meltdown is just flat out crazy.

...and I just realized there's already a thread about this...damn me and my not searching the forum first...in my defense..the search function sucks.

I absolutley Joaquin Phoenix !!! I've been anxiously awaiting this documentary for what seems like forever. It will debut at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10.



Looks brilliant !!


FYI: I'll be cosplaying as Joaquin at the Chicago Comic Con on Friday. Say hi !!

It's obviously an Andy Kaufman-esque prank that Phoenix and Affleck are playing on everyone. Kudos to them, I guess, for doing something so left-field and weird.

Have a good time at CCC, Mo. Wish I could be there and meet you in person. Stop by the PoP! table and say hi to Lee.