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Following the Joker during his twisted beginings after his disfigurement, we find the clown prince of crime working as a hit man. Still rough around the edges and not as refined as we know him to be, the Joker and Harley Quinn go on a job to silence a cop who's been asking too many questions. Following the Joker during his twisted beginings after his disfigurement, we find the clown prince of crime working as a hit man. Still rough around the edges and not as refined as we know him to be, the Joker and Harley Quinn go on a job to silence a cop who's been asking too many questions. A WORD FROM CHRIS Joker is my 1st West Coast movie. I shot it in a couple of hours at my friend's home in Hollywood. Ironically, the day we were to shoot, there was a power outtage and litterally moments before I arrived, the power came back on. Making Joker was no easy task. Since I was not in my element so to speak, I really had to put myself out there. I was fortunate enough to cast Bryan Bockbrader who did an amazing job as Joker with such a short amount of time, but I was still having casting problems. If you didn't already know, the character "The Roommate" wasn't originally supposed to be the Detective's gay lover. It was supposed to be his female wife. But as things may have it, I never managed to find an actress in time. So when push came to shove, I asked my friend Mark, whose appartment I was already using, if he wanted to play the "man-wife" who gets brutally shot and beaten to death. Fortunately, Mark was a real sport about it. Once casting was all set, we shot. My next problem was my time limit. It seems Mark had also scheduled a poker night at his place and I was racing to beat the clock before all his buddies showed up. And by the power of Greyskull, I did. Editing the film wasn't so easy. I needed to find a location where I could edit to my heart's content. Either that or die of anxiety from not being able to edit. Does that sound crazy? Don't answer that. In any case. I managed to find a location at Cal. State University, but it was a 5 mile walk from my hotel and I didn't have the car that day nor did I have anyone to pick me up. Long story short, I made the trek on foot carrying about 50lbs of equipment (my camera to load the footage, my portable hard drive and various other doohickies I knew I was going to need). Finally I made it to Cal. State and spent the next 5 hours editing. Unfortunately, when my time was up, I was not satisfied with the project. Regardless, I put the movie online and waited till I came home and spent a whole day re-cutting the entire movie. As of now, I am indeed very happy with the new version and pray that those of you who saw the first cut can just wipe that memory from your minds. |