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Lewis Knight

Joker movie spoilers: Did Arthur Fleck kill *Spoiler* off-screen?

Spoiler warning for Joker

The Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as the failed comedian Arthur Fleck who turns into a symbol of violence and anarchy has multiple scene of ambiguities and leaves a number of questions.

However, one of the biggest questions is whether Fleck killed his neighbour Sophie Dumond (Zazie Beetz), whose romance with Fleck was revealed to be an hallucination and delusion.

A scene sees him confront her in her flat and frighten her with his behaviour, before the scene cuts to him leaving, with many wondering if he had killed her and her sleeping daughter.

Now cinematographer Lawrence Sher has given what seems to be a definitive answer to the question.

Zazie Beetz as Sophie in Joker (WARNER BROS FILMS)

"We wanted to make the interpretation of the real versus what's not real, a part of the viewer's experience," revealed Sher to SlashFilm .

"For instance, his relationship to Sophie is a fantasy to him. Some people have asked me, 'Was she killed?' [Director Todd Phillips] makes it clear she wasn't killed.

"Arthur is killing people who've wronged him in a certain way, and Sophie never wronged him. In terms of what we did visually to play with the real and not real, there are callbacks and scenes that mirror each other.

"We leave hints using imagery or way we covered scenes similarly between scene. Outside of that, I like that people can have the conversation and come to their own conclusions."

Well, that settles that, then.

However, perhaps this could be explored more if the potential sequel to Joker does indeed happen.

Joker is in UK cinemas now.

What did you think of the scene in Joker? Let us know in the comments below.

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