The portrayal summarizes philosophical ideas of anarchy and chaos, and explores techniques from Ledger's previous performances, including his clown act in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Brothers Grimm. Further, it references paintings by artist Francis Bacon, Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and various artists from punk rock.
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| - The portrayal summarizes philosophical ideas of anarchy and chaos, and explores techniques from Ledger's previous performances, including his clown act in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Brothers Grimm. Further, it references paintings by artist Francis Bacon, Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and various artists from punk rock.
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| - Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight .
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| - Gotham police officer, nurse.
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| - * Genius-level intellect
* Genius-level strategist
* Criminal mastermind
* Good physical condition
* Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
* Skilled knife combatant
* Extremely high pain tolerance
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| - – Scrawlings from Heath Ledger's Joker diary
- —Christopher Nolan on Ledger's performance.
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| - "... I feel like this is an opportunity for me to not take myself too seriously, and for some reason I just gravitated towards [The Joker] and I knew I had somthing to give to him. And I just instantly had an idea of how to do it."
—Heath Ledger on why he preferred playing the super-villain.
- "Inside. He's laughing red and black and red and black till there's nothing left to laugh. Until, almost tenderly, he turns inside out through his mouth."
- "Everything about what he does from every gesture, every little facial tick, everything he's doing with his voice- it all speaks to the heart of this character. It all speaks to this idea of a character who's devoted to a concept of pure anarchy and chaos. It's hard to get a handle on how those elements combine. The physicality reminds me of the great silent comedians. It has a bit of [Buster] Keaton and [Charlie] Chaplin about it."
- "Heath Ledger is magnificent. The Joker, incarnated with chilling authority by the actor, is simply one of the most twisted and mesmerizing creeps in movie history."
—Richard Carliss, TIME.
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| - The portrayal summarizes philosophical ideas of anarchy and chaos, and explores techniques from Ledger's previous performances, including his clown act in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Brothers Grimm. Further, it references paintings by artist Francis Bacon, Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and various artists from punk rock. Acknowledged as one of the most iconic performances of modern time, the Joker is considered one of Ledger's finest works; he regarded it his most enjoyable. When the film was released in July 2008, six months after the actor had died from an accidental prescription drug overdose, the performance caused a sensation and received high critical acclaim and numerous posthumous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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