DC's Joker wins the 76th Venice Golden Lion Award

On September 7, local time, the 76th Venice Film Festival closed, and the major awards were unveiled. The Golden Lion Award for Best Film was awarded to the movie "Joker" produced by Warner & DC. This is the first time that a superhero movie has topped the three major European film festivals, a historic moment. Although the character "Joker" is not a superhero, he is derived from the superhero work "Batman", so it can be regarded as a superhero movie.

DC has emphasized that the "Joker" movie is independent of the DC movie universe and has nothing to do with "Justice League", "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman". It can be seen from the trailer that the Joker has no super powers and there are no super-powered people in this movie, so it is difficult to integrate with other DC movies in style.

Previously, some media and film critics were optimistic that Joaquin Phoenix, the male lead of Joker, would win the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award, but Joker only won the Golden Lion Award. In this regard, Mary Harron, one of the judges of this year, explained: "The Golden Lion Award is the highest honor. Usually, it is difficult for a film that wins the Golden Lion Award to win awards for performance, script, director, etc., although Joker is excellent in all aspects."

Thanks to its success in Venice, "Joker" has officially begun its road to the North American awards season. Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips still have many opportunities for the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars.