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I'm Still Here

2010 · 107 min

A disorienting, funny and uncomfortable plunge into celebrity meltdown, blurring performance and reality until you can't look away.

Directed by
Casey Affleck
Genres
Music, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff
Tagline
He's done with Hollywood.
Overview
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

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Directed by
Casey Affleck
Genres
Music, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • celebrity
  • identity
  • art
  • media
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
music, comedy, drama
Directed by
Casey Affleck
Written by
Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck
Starring
Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale, Casey Affleck, Jack Nicholson, Billy Crystal, Danny Glover
Cinematography
Casey Affleck, Magdalena Górka
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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