Alright, this time nothing’s gonna stop me from this. Guess who was my first thought after I saw this task. Bingo! Heath Ledger’s Joker. For me, The Dark Knight is not just another ridiculous superhero story, like ‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’*, but the whole philosophy behind. When people are young (yea, just like I’m turning 81 tomorrow), they all praise the Batman. When they get older and start to analyze some facts, they come to the conclusion that it was the Joker who was a real ideologist. Although it is not the actual subject of my writing (at least not today), I truly recommend you a book: ”Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul”, which you can find in our library (maybe not at the moment, cuz it’s laying right
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Heath reached the indescribable point of insanity during creating his Joker. I’ve read that he locked himself in a hotel room for a few weeks just to practice some really weird things for the purposes of the role. What’s more, he kept a diary, where he described the character’s development, and his own perceptions over it. Also, during this time, he managed to change his voice. From a very manly and low, to this creepy and quite often screechy one. Probably, he was inspired by Tom Waits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m5z3vxTd7U), and if he was in fact, he developed it to a completely unique level. He became the Joker, he started to think the way the Joker did. Did you know that the final scene in blowing up the hospital sequence was partially improvised by him? And this epic one with clapping hands in the cell was also his own spontaneous …show more content…
Also, licking his lips became some kind of a nervous tic of a maniac, which was brilliantly creepy. Contrasted with motionless Batman**, he was wriggling almost all the time: fixing his clothes, gesticulating at lot, changing seat positions. He made us to feel uncomfortable because of his presence, to lose our focus. Anthony Hopkins, as Dr Hannibal Lecter, barely moved his eyes to create a constant contact with his interlocutor. Although Heath kept the eye contact, it wasn’t still, he kept looking from one side to another, what was even more disturbing than not blinking at all. We start to wonder, what’s going on inside his head, and, as we all should know, sociopaths’ brains are very specific. We are interrupted, and yet hypnotized by him. In this scene, Heath was so convincing with his speech, that even the Batman seems to be considering Joker’s words very carefully. Maybe he started to realize that the madman was right? Well, we will never know, because of course he had to come down to earth again and smash him against the wall. Anther interesting fact here, Ledger asked Bale to literally hit him. And, as a real Joker he was, he did nothing, but laughing and continuing his game. He was himself, because everything went according his plan. In the clip, 2:59 is a real
Heath reached the indescribable point of insanity during creating his Joker. I’ve read that he locked himself in a hotel room for a few weeks just to practice some really weird things for the purposes of the role. What’s more, he kept a diary, where he described the character’s development, and his own perceptions over it. Also, during this time, he managed to change his voice. From a very manly and low, to this creepy and quite often screechy one. Probably, he was inspired by Tom Waits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m5z3vxTd7U), and if he was in fact, he developed it to a completely unique level. He became the Joker, he started to think the way the Joker did. Did you know that the final scene in blowing up the hospital sequence was partially improvised by him? And this epic one with clapping hands in the cell was also his own spontaneous …show more content…
Also, licking his lips became some kind of a nervous tic of a maniac, which was brilliantly creepy. Contrasted with motionless Batman**, he was wriggling almost all the time: fixing his clothes, gesticulating at lot, changing seat positions. He made us to feel uncomfortable because of his presence, to lose our focus. Anthony Hopkins, as Dr Hannibal Lecter, barely moved his eyes to create a constant contact with his interlocutor. Although Heath kept the eye contact, it wasn’t still, he kept looking from one side to another, what was even more disturbing than not blinking at all. We start to wonder, what’s going on inside his head, and, as we all should know, sociopaths’ brains are very specific. We are interrupted, and yet hypnotized by him. In this scene, Heath was so convincing with his speech, that even the Batman seems to be considering Joker’s words very carefully. Maybe he started to realize that the madman was right? Well, we will never know, because of course he had to come down to earth again and smash him against the wall. Anther interesting fact here, Ledger asked Bale to literally hit him. And, as a real Joker he was, he did nothing, but laughing and continuing his game. He was himself, because everything went according his plan. In the clip, 2:59 is a real