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I'm Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Takes the Rap

He wasn't here. Two-time Oscar nominee, hip-hop hopeful and international man of mystery Joaquin Phoenix, the subject of Casey Affleck's "documentary" I'm Still Here, was a no-show at the Venice Film Festival's public showing this afternoon.

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Dressed casually in jeans, Doug Stanhope looks less uncompromising US stand-up and more potter about to start work on some clay. Meanwhile, the trademark alcoholic haze that steadily creeps up on Stanhope (his poison for this performance is a double cocktail of beer and Jagerbombs) makes for the usual mix of the unfocused and the inspired.

'I'm Still Here': Joaquin Phoenix Film Raises Questions

Two-time Oscar nominee, hip-hop hopeful and international man of mystery Joaquin Phoenix, the subject of Casey Affleck's I'm Still Here, was a no-show at the movie's Venice Film Festival premiere