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Joaquin Phoenix
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posted by: squisshy 16:17 7.15.10
has the title different but also claims the film involves "Phoenix snorting cocaine off the breast of a prostitute and allowing some guy to take a huge, dimensional dump on his chest":

http://www.avclub.com/articles/joaquin-phoenixs-rap-career-finally-gets-its-bigsc,43113/

this i gotta see! er, maybe not.
i'm not here...
posted by: publius 14:58 7.15.10
coming soon to a theater near you...

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38246570/ns/today-entertainment/
I think this may be necessary....
posted by: simplicissimus 23:10 2.11.09
First, was the ditching-acting-for-hip-hop thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6Qtb6Tn4Q

Then, there was an appearance that seems to mix the best of Pekar and the best of Crispin Glover on Letterman:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/11/joaquin-phoenixs-bizarre_n_166229.html

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Half of the time it seems like a brilliant send-up by somebody who has enough money to last a lifetime and therefore is doing exactly what he wants.

Half of the time it seems like he's just sort of out there, lost in the weeds.