Ari Aster

Happy Sad Confused

Josh Horowitz

Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Few filmmakers in recent memory have begun a career with a 1-2 punch as provocative and memorable as Ari Aster. Last year he disturbed audiences with "Hereditary" and this summer he's taking them on a decidedly long and strange trip to Sweden in "Midsommar". Ari joins Josh this week to talk about his beginnings, his unique sense of humor, and Albert Brooks? Yeah, you read that right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Prepare your ears humans, happy, director of Mitsumar.
0:25.0	Hey guys, I'm Josh Harlewood,
0:27.0	so welcome to another edition of Happy Se-Confused.
0:29.0	Yes, new exciting filmmaker Ariaster is the guest on today's show.
0:34.7	If you haven't heard about Ari yet, you've presumably heard about his films.
0:38.1	He's made two features thus far.
0:40.0	Both are excellent.
0:41.1	One is currently in theaters, and both demand your attention if you're
0:44.1	a cinephile one was hereditary came out last summer we had Tony Cohead on the show
0:49.2	uh... tour to force performance from her and one of the most haunting visually spectacular
0:55.0	debuts in film I've seen in some time and now he's followed it up with the
1:01.3	similarly memorable Midsomar starring Florence Pug, Jack Rayner, Will Poulter.
1:09.3	This is a crazy movie that you've probably heard your friends talking about if you
1:14.8	haven't seen yet it is definitely well with your time I've seen it twice yes twice
1:18.9	I'm that kind of crazy guy and just you know to reveal a little bit of it, it's basically about a couple who is clearly not meant to last.
1:31.8	It's a breakup movie of sorts they end up going to
1:34.4	Sweden for a festival and the shit hits the fan things go badly things get
1:40.4	really really bad.
1:43.3	It is dark, it is weird, it is bizarre, and yes, it is funny.
1:50.3	It's very funny. Ariaster is a unique new voice in cinema and I think you're going to enjoy hearing from him today.
1:59.0	He's somebody who I think you'll be able to tell from our conversation.
2:03.8	We share a lot of sensibilities, a lot of the same reference points,
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