Jun 27 2008
Heath Ledger May Get an Oscar for “Dark Knight”
There’s an oscar buzz around Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone writes,
“I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker. It’s typical of Ledger’s total commitment to films as diverse asBrokeback Mountain and I’m Not There that he does nothing out of vanity or the need to be liked. Ledger’s Joker has no gray areas — he’s all rampaging id,” the critic says. “He creates a Joker for the ages. No plastic mask for Ledger. His face is caked with moldy makeup that highlights the red scar of a grin, the grungy hair and the yellowing teeth of a hound fresh out of hell. If there’s a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976’s Network, sign me up.”Ledger’s death caused morbid scenes to be cut from the film and/or reshot. The film will pay tribute to him during the end credits. Source
I would normally say that this Oscar buzz is attributed mostly to the fact that he died, and in such a tragic way; that the guilt of the living can only be appeased by paying homage to the dead. But I don’t believe that’s the case here. Ledger’s range of talent was being recognized long before his death. It’s unfortunate that he’ll never be able to see the fruits of his labor.
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