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Saturday, September 25, 2010

I'm Still Here


 A (very) good looking celebrity one day wakes up and decides to throw his whole career down the drain to make a rap album.
Joaquin Phoenix has to be the most egocentric bastard in the world, you say.
And in this film, he really is. From shows at Miami nightclubs, to telling long time friends they are "just pieces of shit, dude", by the end of this film you just want to kick Phoenix in the face.
And that is why it is a great documentary, mockumentary, whatever. Because for most of it, you actually believe everything. Because it is just too extreme. Trying to collaborate with Puff Daddy, insulting Ben Stiller, snorting coke of a hooker's tits.
The film takes celebrity culture and turns it on its head. It follows the relationship between the celebrity, the media and the consumer and makes a vitriolic comment on the nature of Hollywood.
Well worth a look, you'll piss your pants.

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