The highly anticipated “ will be released in Italian cinemas on October 2ndJoker: Folie à deux“, sequel to the blockbuster film which also won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. In Joker: Folie à deux, un musical again directed by Todd Phillipswe’ll see again Joaquin Phoenix in the shoes of Arthur FleckWhile Lady Gaga interpreta Harleen “Lee” Quinn. They are also part of the cast Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener e Harry Lawtey.
The musical aspect is central. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever done before,” said Lady Gaga, speaking about how, in the film, the music becomes an extension of the dialogue itself. The pop star said he had to change his way of singing to blend it with the interpretation of Harley Quinn which is called in the film Lee. «For me, there are quite a few false notes when it comes to Lee», he explained, «When I breathe to sing on stage, I have this very controlled way of making sure I’m in tune and supported, but she would never know how to do any of that. So it’s like removing the technicality, removing my art form and being completely inside it».Gaga and Phoenix will perform about 15 songs, including very famous ones (including “That’s Entertainment”, taken from the 1953 musical The Band Wagon) and unpublished.
