at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night Joker folad du garnered an extraordinary 11-minute Standing Ovation highlighting the festival's excitement for Todd Phillips highly anticipated sequel the premiere was a star studded affair with waen Phoenix and Lady Gaga capturing the spotlight Phoenix arrived early and graciously engaged with fans taking selfies and soaking up the enthusiastic reception meanwhile Gaga entrance caused a frenzy as photographers clamored to capture her every move with one fan even holding a sign that read Gaga I just want to hold your hand for a while her arrival was met with chance from the crowd and she navigated the carpet with the help of her team signing autographs and interacting with fans inside the theater Gaga was seen signing autographs and almost causing a stampede as Italian little monsters called out for selfies Phoenix overwhelmed by the Acclaim exited the theater after 9 Minutes of Applause while Gaga continued to celebrate with her fiance Michael palansky and engage with fans fol Adu a sequel to Phillips's 2019 hit Joker introduces a new musical Dimension to the story the film picks up 2 years after the original with Phoenix's Arthur Fleck now a patient at at Arkham state hospital where he falls in love with music therapist Lee played by Gaga as their shared delusions create musical Madness Arthur's followers start a movement to liberate him Phillips who previously described joker as a standalone film expressed his drive for risk and innovation in film making why does something if it doesn't scare the out of you he said emphasizing his passion for pushing creative boundaries the film also Stars Brendan gleon Katherine Keener and zy beats and is set to Premiere in theaters on October 4th Gaga's previous appearance at the Venice film festival in 2018 With A Star is Born which also received critical Acclaim set the stage for what promises to be another memorable cinematic event