Taint
Taint: (Noun) A thing whose influence or effect is perceived as contaminating or undesirable.James Gray, the director of Joaquin Phoenix's alleged last film, Two Lovers, is publicly blaming Phoenix for the lack of success of his film.
"It's like, Letterman was trying to get the movie out there, but the only thing that's out there now is a crazy person with a beard making a fool of himself!" says Gray, still seething today at the "circus" surrounding Phoenix...
Gray spits at the name, calling him a "clown". "I have no idea what the hell that guy is shooting," he says. "The whole thing is not to my taste, and I've let Casey know this." (Source)
I think he's pointing fingers in the wrong direction here. Maybe it wouldn't have been the desired reason, but if anything Joaquin's assiness technically should have brought people out to the theater in droves. There's no such thing as bad publicity, right? And anyway, what the hell did Gwyneth Paltrow do for the movie? Besides showing her tits and probably having a bored expression while doing so, anyway. I'd rather spend two hours reading the phone book than see that.
At the Two Lovers screening:
I think the best parts of this movie must have been left on the cutting room floor. This director is insane if he thinks people are avoiding this flick becuase of joaquin.
without spoiling it for others, i can tell you that this movie has no plot, minimal dialogue, no backstory, or forward story to speak of. Saying that, it had its merits. Every guy I know, including myself will identify with this character for a short time, right up until the end, which was painfully, and i mean painfully obvious. til the very end, the protagonist banged his head on the wall that is called "you always want what you can't have..." Joaquin was driven to insanity by the horribly silly contrived ending, and the complete underuse of extreme talent...IMHO