Ari Aster likens Beau Is Afraid to a 10-year-old full of Zoloft on a grocery run
Join Ari Aster as he takes viewers behind the scenes of Beau Is Afraid, a "Jewish Lord Of The Rings" starring Joaquin Phoenix
Shall Ari Aster compare his new film Beau Is Afraid to a summer’s day? Not exactly, but he has other very tangible analogies in mind. According to Aster, Beau Is Afraid really is his baby—if that baby grew up into a ten-year-old kid, took antidepressants, and decided to take up Instacarting.
“There’s a part of me that can’t believe we’re making this film,” Aster shares in a new first-look clip from A24. “It’s epic, jumbo… every detail has a detail inside of it. If you pumped a 10-year-old full of Zoloft and had him get your groceries, that’s like this movie.”In the featurette, Aster theorizes his third film—which he says he’s been conceiving for a decade—in wonderfully specific terms for the folks back at home. Prime example: Aster theorizes the film as “a Jewish Lord Of the Rings, but he’s just going to his mom’s house.”
“I want to put you in the experience of being a loser,” Aster shares.