I never understood that Man on the Moon movie, what IS the point of calling the movie Man on the Moon if it has nothing to do with the moon? IS andy kaufmann alive? Or is he really dead?
He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
The New York Times:
He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the “Batman†franchise, “The Dark Knight.†(Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy†he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.
“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,†he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.†One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.
Even as he spoke, Mr. Ledger was hard-pressed to keep still. He got up and poured more coffee. He stepped outside into the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. He shook his hair out from under its hood, put a rubber band around it, took out the rubber band, put on a hat, took off the hat, put the hood back up. He went outside and had another cigarette. Polite and charming, he nonetheless gave off the sense that the last thing he wanted to do was delve deep into himself for public consumption. “It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself,†is how he put it, a little apologetically.
Conducting a tour of the house, which he is renting for a few months, he made wry remarks about the art. One painting depicts a crowd of creatures who appear to be in hell, but who seem determined to extract as much sexual pleasure as they can from their eternity of free time; Mr. Ledger has turned another one around and hung it upside down, to no apparent ill advantage.
An open bag with clothes spilling out lay on the floor of the master bedroom. “I’m kind of addicted to moving,†Mr. Ledger said, perhaps on account of having had to shuttle back and forth after his parents’ divorce, when he was 11. He carries his interests around with him, and his kitchen table was awash in objects: a chess set, assorted books, various empty glasses, items of clothing. Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.
I never understood that Man on the Moon movie, what IS the point of calling the movie Man on the Moon if it has nothing to do with the moon? IS andy kaufmann alive? Or is he really dead?
The song "Man on the Moon" by REM is about Andy Kaufmann. Hence the title of the movie.
Now, why the song was called that? Mainly so it sounds pretty.
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He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
NYT.
Apparently James Dean was one of his main influences, according to the article Rufus linked (which coincidentally is the one I was talking about). RIP man.
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I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
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I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
Wha?
What would we find in the suicide note? "Goddamnit, Batman always wins!"
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I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
Wha?
What would be find in the suicide note? "Goddamnit, Batman always wins!"
Playing the joker apparently mentally and physically drained him, or so the interview with him linked on the last page says.
EDIT: They're talking about it on CNN Headline now.
He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
NYT.
Apparently James Dean was one of his main influences, according to the article Rufus linked (which coincidentally is the one I was talking about). RIP man.
I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
Every time I hear people say "OMG I thought this rumor was a joke!" all I can focus on is the word "joke". I don't think I can stomach TDK when it comes out now...
I hope playing the Joker didn't have anything to do with this... I mean, I hope he wasn't driven to kill himself because of the role in some way. He was clearly taking the part pretty goddamned seriously.
He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
The New York Times:
He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the “Batman†franchise, “The Dark Knight.†(Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy†he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.
“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,†he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.†One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.
Even as he spoke, Mr. Ledger was hard-pressed to keep still. He got up and poured more coffee. He stepped outside into the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. He shook his hair out from under its hood, put a rubber band around it, took out the rubber band, put on a hat, took off the hat, put the hood back up. He went outside and had another cigarette. Polite and charming, he nonetheless gave off the sense that the last thing he wanted to do was delve deep into himself for public consumption. “It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself,†is how he put it, a little apologetically.
Conducting a tour of the house, which he is renting for a few months, he made wry remarks about the art. One painting depicts a crowd of creatures who appear to be in hell, but who seem determined to extract as much sexual pleasure as they can from their eternity of free time; Mr. Ledger has turned another one around and hung it upside down, to no apparent ill advantage.
An open bag with clothes spilling out lay on the floor of the master bedroom. “I’m kind of addicted to moving,†Mr. Ledger said, perhaps on account of having had to shuttle back and forth after his parents’ divorce, when he was 11. He carries his interests around with him, and his kitchen table was awash in objects: a chess set, assorted books, various empty glasses, items of clothing. Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.
He seemed like such an awesome guy.
Dude.
Oh shit, this is exactly what the Joker would find funny
I might be crazy, but it seems like he might still be alive.
He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
The New York Times:
He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the “Batman†franchise, “The Dark Knight.†(Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy†he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.
“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,†he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.†One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.
Even as he spoke, Mr. Ledger was hard-pressed to keep still. He got up and poured more coffee. He stepped outside into the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. He shook his hair out from under its hood, put a rubber band around it, took out the rubber band, put on a hat, took off the hat, put the hood back up. He went outside and had another cigarette. Polite and charming, he nonetheless gave off the sense that the last thing he wanted to do was delve deep into himself for public consumption. “It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself,†is how he put it, a little apologetically.
Conducting a tour of the house, which he is renting for a few months, he made wry remarks about the art. One painting depicts a crowd of creatures who appear to be in hell, but who seem determined to extract as much sexual pleasure as they can from their eternity of free time; Mr. Ledger has turned another one around and hung it upside down, to no apparent ill advantage.
An open bag with clothes spilling out lay on the floor of the master bedroom. “I’m kind of addicted to moving,†Mr. Ledger said, perhaps on account of having had to shuttle back and forth after his parents’ divorce, when he was 11. He carries his interests around with him, and his kitchen table was awash in objects: a chess set, assorted books, various empty glasses, items of clothing. Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.
He seemed like such an awesome guy.
Dude.
Oh shit, this is exactly what the Joker would find funny
I might be crazy, but it seems like he might still be alive.
I keep hoping its gonna turn out that they've mistake some guy for Heath Ledger, but by now his publicist would've relayed such info to the important people.
Assuming that Joker survives this film nad leads into a third, they would have to replace him but, as against him as I was at the start, he looked and sounded the part. I can't imagine anyone else pulling it off with the same character.
He apparently had been having problems sleeping since he starting playing the Joker.
According to who?
The New York Times:
He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the “Batman†franchise, “The Dark Knight.†(Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role — his Joker is a “psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy†he said cheerfully — and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.
“Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,†he said. “I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.†One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.
Even as he spoke, Mr. Ledger was hard-pressed to keep still. He got up and poured more coffee. He stepped outside into the courtyard and smoked a cigarette. He shook his hair out from under its hood, put a rubber band around it, took out the rubber band, put on a hat, took off the hat, put the hood back up. He went outside and had another cigarette. Polite and charming, he nonetheless gave off the sense that the last thing he wanted to do was delve deep into himself for public consumption. “It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself,†is how he put it, a little apologetically.
Conducting a tour of the house, which he is renting for a few months, he made wry remarks about the art. One painting depicts a crowd of creatures who appear to be in hell, but who seem determined to extract as much sexual pleasure as they can from their eternity of free time; Mr. Ledger has turned another one around and hung it upside down, to no apparent ill advantage.
An open bag with clothes spilling out lay on the floor of the master bedroom. “I’m kind of addicted to moving,†Mr. Ledger said, perhaps on account of having had to shuttle back and forth after his parents’ divorce, when he was 11. He carries his interests around with him, and his kitchen table was awash in objects: a chess set, assorted books, various empty glasses, items of clothing. Here too was his Joker diary, which he began compiling four months before filming began. It is filled with images and thoughts helpful to the Joker back story, like a list of things the Joker would find funny. (AIDS is one of them.) Mr. Ledger seemed almost embarrassed that the book had been spotted, as if he had been caught trying to get extra credit in school.
He seemed like such an awesome guy.
Dude.
Oh shit, this is exactly what the Joker would find funny
I might be crazy, but it seems like he might still be alive.
Denial. It really sucks but it would be in such poor taste to fake his death that it isn't even a possibility.
Wow that fucking sucks. I was concerned when they cast him initially, but after the trailers and all the marketing stuff... he really made it work.
That would be sweet though, if it was like the most twisted viral marketing campaign ever conceived. I mean it's not, obviously, but still. The Joker doesn't know the meaning of poor taste!
Who originally was libelous and wrote that pills were scattered all over his room? If its blatantly false, and this Commissioner should know, than they should be held accountable.
and while I agreed, all I could think was God please don't say 'commissioner'...
I can only hope, in my heart of hearts, that this is someway tied to the viral campaign and some rediculous hoax... It seems to be in bad taste, but someone earlier is right in that it is exactly what the joker would find funny.
It would seem kind of unlikely, seeing as all the major news networks are involved, but its not impossible. Would it be illegal, i've seen movies based on fake deaths of some celebrities like pauly shore and carrot top...
Again, highly unlikely, but I'm hoping.
Batman looked great and I liked most of his other stuff too.
When I go to see the The Dark Knight when it opens, if his performance is truly legendary, it'll be like a punch to the gut.
The best Joker to appear nevermore.
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I'm sure that the Joker will become "his" role now, in the same way that it was Nicholson's before. I'm sure he was going to own it anyway, but his untimely death seals the deal.
Setting aside the sadness and mystery around Ledger's death, the story did theoretically call for the Joker to be in the third film and films beyond that, as Nolan had intended for the Joker to remain a nemesis to Batman for the future of the franchise.
For this to happen, they'd have to hire a new Joker. And the only person that LOOKS like Ledger is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, seen here:
Apparently he also has acting chops, as The Lookout was very well reviewed. (He's also the kid from Angels in the Outfield).
I just wanted to point him out since I know we're all thinking "What will happen to the franchise?" at this point.
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he's awesome. if The Joker remains in future films I'd be happy with that choice.
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The New York Times:
He seemed like such an awesome guy.
The song "Man on the Moon" by REM is about Andy Kaufmann. Hence the title of the movie.
Now, why the song was called that? Mainly so it sounds pretty.
Apparently James Dean was one of his main influences, according to the article Rufus linked (which coincidentally is the one I was talking about). RIP man.
This day just can't get any worse.
What would we find in the suicide note? "Goddamnit, Batman always wins!"
EDIT: They're talking about it on CNN Headline now.
ugh...
My week is ruined.
Why so serious?
Like I said, I think it's the pressure/depression of his divorce, along with possible drug problems.
Waiting for Nolan, Bale, etc. to make statements.
stop that.
Dude.
Oh shit, this is exactly what the Joker would find funny
I might be crazy, but it seems like he might still be alive.
I keep hoping its gonna turn out that they've mistake some guy for Heath Ledger, but by now his publicist would've relayed such info to the important people.
Assuming that Joker survives this film nad leads into a third, they would have to replace him but, as against him as I was at the start, he looked and sounded the part. I can't imagine anyone else pulling it off with the same character.
Denial. It really sucks but it would be in such poor taste to fake his death that it isn't even a possibility.
That would be sweet though, if it was like the most twisted viral marketing campaign ever conceived. I mean it's not, obviously, but still. The Joker doesn't know the meaning of poor taste!
i'm pretty sure the joker doesnt live his life a quarter mile at a time
and while I agreed, all I could think was God please don't say 'commissioner'...
I think he was tentatively spotted in some of those parking garage production photos with all the batmans etc.
Edit: IMDB agrees.
It would seem kind of unlikely, seeing as all the major news networks are involved, but its not impossible. Would it be illegal, i've seen movies based on fake deaths of some celebrities like pauly shore and carrot top...
Again, highly unlikely, but I'm hoping.
Batman looked great and I liked most of his other stuff too.
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He'll be missed.
I was already having a shitty, 19 hour workday, and I come home to this.
Fuck.
The best Joker to appear nevermore.
For this to happen, they'd have to hire a new Joker. And the only person that LOOKS like Ledger is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, seen here:
Apparently he also has acting chops, as The Lookout was very well reviewed. (He's also the kid from Angels in the Outfield).
I just wanted to point him out since I know we're all thinking "What will happen to the franchise?" at this point.
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are we certain they finished shooting TDK?
Yes, it's marked as post-production.
Yep.
thank you.
and yes, 3rd rock from the sun, and also Brick which I enjoyed though I know some people here strongly didn't.
See Brick, and you will forget all about that.
Also, AICN is reporting that he was 100% done with Dark Knight. Terry Gilliam's movie is still up in the air.
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RIP, Ledger.