Remember last fall (or was it last spring? Seems like ages ago anyway) when Joaquin Phoenix sort of went all Andy Kaufman style, coo-coo and claimed he was starting a new career as a rapper and forsaking acting altogether? Casey Affleck was there to film those seemingly tragic few months claiming that he was making a documentary about Phoenix’ new rap venture. The internet was a buzz with bafflement and bewilderment. Some claimed the whole thing was a farce (which now appears to be correct) while others were convinced this was the real deal and Phoenix had indeed gone off the deep end.

Well apparently Affleck’s documentary is finished and I can’t see what will possibly be in it of much interest. The media was all over Phoenix during this time as he appeared on David Letterman and was recorded everywhere saying stupid things, falling off of stages or trying (I stress the word “trying”) to be “cool as ice.”

Deadline New York is claiming that the William Morris Endeavor screened the film last week to potential buyers (including Harvey Weinstein) who are all “sworn to serecy”… yeah right. So we’ll probably be back in a week or two with a little more information about what exactly is really in the film to make it worth checking out – beyond the hours of footage already available on YouTube.