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People will remember Joaquin Phoenix's strange behavior and his alleged retirement from acting for a disastrous career in rap and eventually deterioration. But with Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here," it's been revealed that this was all for a new kind of filmmaking. Casey calls it Gonzo filmmaking, a homage to the gonzo journalism of eccentric (at best) Hunter S. Thompson....   >>>

People will remember Joaquin Phoenix's strange behavior and his alleged retirement from acting for a disastrous career in rap and eventually deterioration. But with Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here," it's been revealed that this was all for a new kind of filmmaking. Casey calls it Gonzo filmmaking, a homage to the gonzo journalism of eccentric (at best) Hunter S. Thompson.



But with the revelation that the "sad and painful documentary that served little useful purpose other than to pound another nail into the coffin," (according to Roger Ebert) was a film after all—a fiction of some fashion—how do you feel?



Is this a new way of storytelling or just one big annoying practical joke?