Antonio Banderas, the Joker’s makeup and ‘I Want You Back’ at 50

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

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4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Kurt Anderson talks with Antonio Banderas about “Pain and Glory,” where he plays his longtime friend and collaborator –– and the director of this same movie –– Pedro Almodóvar. With the opening of “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Kurt talks with Rick Baker, the celebrated makeup artist, about how Hollywood has clowned around with the character over the decades. This week marks 50 years since the release of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back,” a remarkable pop song recorded when Michael Jackson was so young that, in the wake of the latest allegations of molestation against him, even some people who stopped listening to his solo work still enjoy.

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0:23.5	Thanks.
0:24.4	Today on Studio 360.
0:27.4	Pedro Molover is a very tough director.
0:31.0	It's not easy, working with him.
0:33.4	Why Antonio Banderas nevertheless keeps returning to his longtime collaborator.
0:38.3	He managed to bring out of me a character that I didn't even know I had inside.
0:43.3	The actor on his long, complicated relationship and new film with Pedro Almondova.
0:51.3	Plus, how The Joker's makeup has evolved.
0:54.9	From Caesar Romero.
0:58.1	Hello, kitties.
0:59.7	Meet the Joker.
1:01.2	To Heath Ledger.
1:02.6	Well, you look nervous.
1:03.9	Is it the scars?
1:05.1	Now to Joaquin Phoenix.
1:06.9	When you bring me out, can you introduce me as Joker?
1:10.1	My symposium with Hollywood makeup legend Rick Baker.
1:13.4	That's ahead on Studio 360 right after this.
1:25.3	This is Studio 360.
1:27.2	I'm Curtis, and I'm sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
1:30.3	This first level of garden.
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