Watch: Heath Ledger’s Joker Diary Revealed In Documentary Clip
By Angie Han/Aug. 11, 2015 7:06 am EST
Although it’s a short clip, there’s a lot of detail to take in. The diary includes photos of wild animals, bugs, and clowns; stills from A Clockwork Orange; comic book panels of the Joker; a list of “Things that make me laugh” (including “land mines,” “AIDS,” and “brunch”); and various scribbled notes like “It’s simple. Kill the Batman.” Meanwhile, you can see the Oscar Ledger posthumously won for his performance in the film.
While The Dark Knight was Ledger’s last completed performance, he’d already begun shooting his next project when he passed away — Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm. Below is a clip of Gilliam from the same documentary, talking about Ledger.
You can watch the full 50-minute documentary right now on Vimeo. Here’s the synopsis:
The film traces Heath Ledger’s evolution from the young Australian actor, who very early on displayed an enormous gift for acting, to the complex character actor he became, revealing above all an as yet unknown side to this multitalented actor: Beside his work as an actor, Heath Ledger was also a very talented photographer, created collages and produced innovative music videos. Film clips from Heath Ledger’s films as well as interviews with his early school day friends, fellow artists from the film industry such as Terry Gilliam, and especially Heath Ledger’s father paint a very personal picture of the century talent Heath Ledger.
