Joker 2 Director Todd Phillips on Joaquin Phoenix & Why Only Select Scenes Are Full Frame IMAX

In 2019, Joker did to Hollywood what the Joker does to Batman: reigned chaos. The film shocked us with its gallows humor and violence. It flipped the box office on its head with the downbeat, grungy fable taking in hundreds of millions of dollars as an R-rated, stand-alone comic-book film — with no hero. After all was said and told, the film was nominated for a slew of Oscars and took home two, one for score, and the other for Joaquin Phoenix's iconic performance. Now, Academy Award-nominated writer and director Todd Phillips is back with Phoenix (and tons of surprises) for the next chapter of Arthur Fleck's life story, Joker: Folie à Deux.

Joker: Folie à Deux arrives two years after the events of Joker. Now a patient at Arkham State Hospital, Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) falls in love with fellow inmate Harleen Quinzel (played by Lady Gaga). The two experience life as a maniacal musical as Arthur's followers build a movement to free him.

Before the film's official theatrical release, Phillips sat down with Collider's Steve Weintraub to discuss Joker: Folie à Deux, why editing Phoenix is an absolute dream, his brotherly relationship with cinematographer Lawrence Sher, and why the sequel only has select scenes in full frame IMAX. You can watch the conversation in the video above or read the transcript below.

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