First public look at Heath Ledger's infamous "Joker diary".

[Lionel Mandrake]

Extract from the documentary "Too Young To Die".

 

[strafer]

WHY DID YOU LEAVE US SO EARLY HEATH.

DAMN YOU

 

[elektrixx]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

 

[Nemesis_]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

Wait are you saying that it was worth him dying to give the performance?

>_>

 

[hteng]

WHY DID YOU LEAVE US SO EARLY HEATH.

DAMN YOU

he died for your sins

 

[Sojgat]

Very, very cool clip.

Thanks OP.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

the fuck?

 

[toastyToast]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

I bet his kid thinks so too

 

[NinjaCatfish]

Really cool clip, super interesting to see the effort he went to to get into character.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

You're gonna regret that post in times to come.

...i mean, think about what you just said.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

wait, is the consensus he OD'd because he pushed himself too hard mentally while preparing for the role?

I didn't know his death was directly related...

 

[J2 Cool]

I think he meant "well worth it" regarding doing a journal and the length that he went to to create the character. Relax you guys.

 

[Router]

WHY DID YOU LEAVE US SO EARLY HEATH.

DAMN YOU

Drugs man.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

wait, is the consensus he OD'd because he pushed himself too hard mentally while preparing for the role?

I didn't know his death was directly related...

the official story is that he OD'd by accident from self medicating with sleeping pills. Death was ruled accidental and not a suicide. Was no note and so forth either.

 

[Data West]

It's so weird when you think, 'That's the dude from Brokeback Mountain.'
And vice versa. His last biggest roles were so radically different.

 

[strafer]

If they ever do a biopic about Heath, they know who to cast.

 

[Router]

So what is his dad saying? I cant hear anything over the French guy.

 

[Data West]

If they ever do a biopic about Heath, they know who to cast.

How will they do the 10 Things I Hate About you part then?

 

[Moff]

I loved Ledgers Jokers when I first saw him.

But now, after a few years, I am absolutely sure that was a performance that will be remembered for a very long time.

 

[Router]

If they ever do a biopic about Heath, they know who to cast.

If he played the joker in TDKR I doubt most people would have noticed.

 

[KPJZKC]

It's so weird when you think, 'That's the dude from Brokeback Mountain.'
And vice versa. His last biggest roles were so radically different.

As much as I enjoyed him playing the Joker, I will never, ever, EVER be able to scrub the awfulness that was A Knight's Tale from my mind. That's first and foremost what I will remember him for.

This is basically all I can think of with this film, but time has probably affected my memory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEVJ_48YgTg

(NSFW, clip from a BBC cartoon called Monkey Dust)

 

[Amon37]

cue several closeups on the Oscar?

 

[strafer]

Joker having dinner with Batman.

 

[Monocle]

It's quite something how Heath sealed himself inside a sort of creative pressure cooker to develop the performance we see on screen. And what a performance. He suffered an untimely death, but he left the world with an iconic creation that effectively secured his immortality in cultural memory. Not a bad run, all things considered.

 

[strafer]

I wonder if they will show the movie to his daugther.

 

[Dmax3901]

Can't find any info on this doco, when's it coming?

 

[SlowRevolution]

It's amazing what he did with the Joker, his interpretation of the character deserves all the praise it gets. He also did a great job with Brokeback Mountain.

Really liked Doctor Parnassus as well, and how everyone working on that handled such a shitty situation. I'm pretty sure Johnny Depp/Colin Farrell/Jude Law had all the money they normally would've gotten go to Heath's daughter, too.

 

[El Daniel]

 

[Neuromancer]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

It really wasn't.

 

[hal9001]

Interesting. Seems from the clipping Alex de large form a clockwork orange seems to have been one of his main influences.

 

[elektrixx]

Hey, I wasn't referring to his death. I was talking about his dedication to the role.

 

[Nemesis_]

wait, is the consensus he OD'd because he pushed himself too hard mentally while preparing for the role?

I didn't know his death was directly related...

I've heard things like the fact he got SO into the role psychologically that it kind of had an effect on him somehow.

It was something he did quite regularly as his career progressed, aparently. Joker was the first role we saw where it came out and it REALLY came out.

His sister still goes to the school just around the corner from me, I believe they even had the funeral here.

 

[Naked Snake]

It's quite something how Heath sealed himself inside a sort of creative pressure cooker to develop the performance we see on screen. And what a performance. He suffered an untimely death, but he left the world with an iconic creation that effectively secured his immortality in cultural memory. Not a bad run, all things considered.

Yeah I recently watched this interview with Aaron Eckhart (who played Harvey Dent) on Larry King Now in which he talks about working with Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6_2dmm4LnA

And here's the hospital scene he talks about (bad video quality): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmkRi_tr9c

 

[linkman26]

Dat last page....

BYE BYE.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

 

[Sane_Man]

Hey, I wasn't referring to his death. I was talking about his dedication to the role.

Don't worry about it. That was obvious to anyone with a brain cell. Some people just love to find a reason to get offended and bitch and whine.

Edit

 

[El Daniel]

I've heard things like the fact he got SO into the role psychologically that it kind of had an effect on him somehow.

He died because he mixed sleeping pills and had an overdose not because the role had an effect on him. Some people still think that but there is no spectucular story behind it.

 

[injurai]

If he played the joker in TDKR I doubt most people would have noticed.

They would notice the acting.

 

[jaxword]

A lot of people forget he was working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus when he died, not The Dark Knight.

Strange how people WANT to think it was the Joker role that killed him, despite him already done with it and working on a new project.

 

[Caboose]

Well worth it. Heath Ledger stole the show.

Might wanna rephrase that bruh.

 

[smr00]

Wonder if they will ever publish the thing.. I would love to look at the full thing.

 

[strafer]

Might wanna rephrase that bruh.

Might wanna read the rest of the thread bruh.

 

[Caboose]

Might wanna read the rest of the thread bruh.

Sorry bruh I derped.

 

[Nicktendo86]

It still amazes me that an actor got an academy award for a performance in a SUPERHERO MOVIE. Just think about that, a fucking superhero movie. That's how good Heath's performance was in TDK.

 

[smr00]

A lot of people forget he was working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus when he died, not The Dark Knight.

Strange how people WANT to think it was the Joker role that killed him, despite him already done with it and working on a new project.

A lot of people who were close to him also said the roles of I'm not there and Dark Knight took a big tole on his health, especially Dark Knight. He couldn't sleep and couldn't stop thinking which most likely led to using more drugs.

It still amazes me that an actor got an academy award for a performance in a SUPERHERO MOVIE. Just think about that, a fucking superhero movie. That's how good Heath's performance was in TDK.

Honestly i think Nolan and crew deserves more credit for the writing and atmosphere. He made that movie feel like a crime drama and not a comic book movie. Not discrediting Heath's performance because it was fantastic.

 

[Naked Snake]

It still amazes me that an actor got an academy award for a performance in a SUPERHERO MOVIE. Just think about that, a fucking superhero movie. That's how good Heath's performance was in TDK.

Call me cynical but part of me thinks he wouldn't have gotten it if he hadn't died.

I'm not saying he didn't deserve it, I'm saying that his death could have influenced enough people on the Oscar voting committee who might have not voted for him otherwise.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Obligatory Tom Waits post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG2nEPYXL7c

 

[KillerMan91]

It still amazes me that an actor got an academy award for a performance in a SUPERHERO MOVIE. Just think about that, a fucking superhero movie. That's how good Heath's performance was in TDK.

Well to me Nicholson as Joker was equally stunning performance so not a first time superhero movie had stunning acting.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Honestly i think Nolan and crew deserves more credit for the writing and atmosphere. He made that movie feel like a crime drama and not a comic book movie. Not discrediting Heath's performance because it was fantastic.

True, I don't think Nolan got the credit he should have. He was snubbed even for a best director nomination wasn't he? Still though with the writing, costume, make up etc if you don't have an actor that nails it the character would not be the same, and Heath nailed it.

 

[jaxword]

It still amazes me that an actor got an academy award for a performance in a SUPERHERO MOVIE. Just think about that, a fucking superhero movie. That's how good Heath's performance was in TDK.

Superhero movies are getting better and better budgets and actors every day, there's no reason why they can't be Academy award nominees.