Available now streaming on Prime Video, Joker: Folie à Deux it is a divisive and self-conscious workwhich involves the viewer by inviting him to watch, listen and not ignore that certain restlessness that overwhelms scene after scene. Sequel awaited and praised by the public, it boasts an exceptional cast: in addition to the excellent Joaquin Phoenix, the talented Lady Gaga is present. The film did not have the same success as the first chapter, but it marked a boundary between the before and after of the iconic character. Here Arthur Fleck returns to exist as a figure suspended between man and myth.
Joker: Folie à Deux resumes the story of a madness which has found a way to emerge, but does so by changing language and perspective: critics have defined it as an emotional journey that mixes judicial proceedings, musicals and psychological tragedy. Arthur is detained, awaiting trial for the crimes that shocked Gotham. Around him, a world that demands acceptable explanations of something that is beyond reality and the rational. And it is precisely in this oppressive context that Lee Quinzel finds his space.
His is a magnetic and disturbing presence, capable of recognition in the Joker she is not a criminal, but a figure who fascinates and conquers her. The film moves between reality and imagination, the two contexts overlap, and the narrative is interrupted by musical numbers that do not make it pleasant, but above all fluid. Music becomes the protagonist and takes on the role of an alternative language that is more direct and intense than words. All in an imagery that seeks to involve the viewer in all its aspects.
Joker-Folie à deux, a divisive sequel that refuses replication
Todd Phillips has built a sequel that refuses replication, choosing to take a different path, which does not refer to the first chapter. Folie à Deux it doesn’t try to surpass the first Joker in violence or provocation, but to delve deeper into its emotional and symbolic consequences. The center is no longer just Arthur Fleck, but the reflection that his figure produces in others, in a city ready to transform madness into spectacle. The director has created a sequel that shocks and has sparked several controversies.
At the center of the plot, the meeting with Lee Quinzel which introduces a dynamic of emotional dependence and mutual identification, rather than a traditional love story. The film does not aim to entertain in the classic way, it goes beyond the exclusively comics concept and invites the viewer to question themselves on divisive contexts not legitimized by society. It is certainly a different work, which deserves to be seen and not only by those who particularly love the genre.
