Joaquin Phoenix's Weird Comeback ...It's a Mockumentary ...I Thought So

For those who don’t know, a little over a year ago, Joaquin Phoenix supposedly left the movie business to become a rapper. All the while, brother-in-law Casey Affleck followed him around with a camera to document Phoenix’s transformation to a Hip Hop musician. And maybe the process of growing that rats nest of a beard. The movie seems to be an intimate portrait of the bloated, and bedraggled actor as he appears to go through a professional and emotional collapse.  So anyway, after much speculation as to what was really going on, it turns out, that after many months of eccentric and bizarre behavior, Phoenix was indeed doing what he does best.. acting. Now he is set to make a comeback....of sorts.

"I'm Still Here," details the actor's unlikely transition from actor to rapper. Since the project was first announced, many assumed the whole thing is some sort of elaborate prank. While the movie comes out in September, a teaser trailer of the flick has just been released.  It answers few questions but, at the very least, shows that since the actor's now-legendary awkward appearance on Letterman  ( which we now understand was part of the elaborate plot of this movie and Phoenix was acting the part... I have to wonder if Dave was in on the deception ), he's been up to all kinds of crazy.

 The Affleck film was screened last week to potential buyers and  it is in fact a mock/documentary. Harvey Weinstein was among the buyers and like others in attendance were sworn to secrecy. The film will be kept under wraps as well as possible and is not expected to play at any festivals to allow for maximum shock value.  Even the people who have pre-screened the movie left the theater more mystified by the (so-called)  ex-actor's state-of-mind then when they arrived.

A couple of decades ago "Spinal Tap" was one of the pioneers of the music mockumentary, or rather, of the spoof of the mockumentary. I think the" Beatles" even preceeded "Spinal Tap" in  this peculiar genre. 
 What can I say? It's not my cup of tea but maybe in it's own weird twisted way it will become a classic. Joaquin can be depended upon to be passionately eccentric.