Fun Film Facts: Joker
- Maria Victoria Marino Ramirez
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min read
In the film, the main section of the fictional Gotham Square was filmed at the very real intersection of Newark, New Jersey’s Broad and Market Streets. This intersection is known as the Times Square of Newark—its architecture and atmosphere actually resemble New York’s Times Square of nearly forty years ago.
Although Joker is set circa 1981, Phillips actually preferred to utilize cars from the 1970s, which he felt more accurately reflected his gritty vision for the film. In that spirit, for a scene where Arthur rides a city transit bus, a vehicle that dates from the `70s was secured from an automotive museum in South Jersey.
The period subway cars, circa 1970-80, that were used for filming were obtained from the New York City transit museum and were operated by certified Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) personnel.
Production designer Mark Friedberg designed a Gotham City transit map that is visible at the various subway stations that appear in the movie.
The interiors of Wayne Hall were filmed in Brooklyn, inside the fabled Kings Theater, the legendary 3,676-seat movie palace that opened in 1929 and closed in 1977. Renovated at the cost of $93 million, the theater re-opened in 2015 as a performing arts venue.
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