GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 16: Audiences, Part 2: “Joker: Folie à Deux”

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie à Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16:

• “Joker” (Todd Phillips, 2019)
• “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (Jay Roach, 1997)
• “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” (Jay Roach, 1999)
• “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (Jay Roach, 2002)
• “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)” (David Fincher, 1992) (Assembly Cut in 2003)
• “Aliens” (James Cameron, 1986)
• “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (Joe Dante, 1990)
• “Gremlins” (Joe Dante, 1984)
• “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Shawn Levy, 2024)
• “Alien: Romulus” (Fede Alvarez, 2024)
• “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 2024)
• “Transformers One” (Josh Cooley, 2024)
• “Mary Poppins” (Robert Stevenson, 1964)
• “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Jim Sharman, 1975)
• “Singin’ in the Rain” (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952)
• “La La Land” (Damien Chazelle, 2016)
• “Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies” (Todd Phillips, 1993)
• “Kneecap” (Rich Peppiatt, 2024)
• “Wicked” (Jon M. Chu, 2024)
• “Braveheart” (Mel Gibson, 1995)
• “Megalopolis” (Francis Ford Coppola, 2024)
• “The Minecraft Movie” (Jared Hess, 2025)
• “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
• “Shoa” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 16:

• “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Todd Phillips, 2024), including the songs “Uh Oh, I’m in Trouble” (2024) by Hildur Guðnadóttir, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKadB95sF45I8ypDP8cYu5glfXTT0FyH, and “That’s Life” (1963) by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon, performed by Lada Gaga, “Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)” (1940) by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, “To Love Somebody” (1967) by the Bee Gees, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, “If You Go Away” (1959) by Jacques Brel, performed by Joaquin Phoenix, and “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1963) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed by Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKUcDyFltysbYrVO-rWYqfQqSuIKkxxgI