I’m Still Here

film by Affleck [2010]

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"I'm Still Here" is a 2010 mockumentary film directed by Casey Affleck, who also stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix. The film chronicles Phoenix's supposed career transition from acting to pursuing a career as a hip-hop musician. It was written by both Affleck and Phoenix, and Affleck also served as the film editor and cinematographer. The movie received largely negative reviews.123

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Casey Affleck
…acted in the much-reviled mockumentary I’m Still Here (2010), starring Joaquin Phoenix. Affleck’s subsequent films included the action comedy Tower Heist (2011), the period romance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), and the science fiction film Interstellar (2014).
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…acted in the much-reviled mockumentary I’m Still Here (2010), starring Joaquin Phoenix. Affleck’s subsequent films included the action comedy Tower Heist (2011), the period romance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), and the science fiction film Interstellar (2014).
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Joaquin Phoenix
Leading man: Walk the Line, The Master, and Her
…turn toward the strange, and I’m Still Here (2010), directed by Casey Affleck, was billed as a documentary of Phoenix’s self-destruction. It was later revealed that the film was scripted and intended as a mockumentary, and it engendered some ill will toward Phoenix.
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…turn toward the strange, and I’m Still Here (2010), directed by Casey Affleck, was billed as a documentary of Phoenix’s self-destruction. It was later revealed that the film was scripted and intended as a mockumentary, and it engendered some ill will toward Phoenix.
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