Although where he has arrived with his third film is not entirely clear.
Aster doesn’t clear things up too much in a just-released behind-the-scenes clip but the directorisentertainingly gnomic.
“I’ve been thinking about this movie for ten years,” says the filmmaker.
Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Beau is Afraid’.A24/Youtube
“There’s a part of me that can’t believe we’re making this film.
Every detail has a detail inside of it.
I feel a great responsibility to deliver something amazing.
It’s like a JewishLord of the Ringsbut he’s just going to his mom’s house.
I want to put you in the experience of being a loser.”
The film is released in cinemas April 21.
Watch that behind-the-scenes clip below.
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