‘Beau Is Afraid’: The Most Audacious and Polarizing Movie of the Year, With Ari Aster!

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Ari Aster’s third feature, the Oedipal nightmare comedy ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ is here. Sean discusses the film’s virtuosic gifts and alienating approach at length with Adam Nayman (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Aster to discuss how he made his thrilling new movie (58:00). Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Ari Aster and Adam Nayman Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sean Fennesy, one of the hosts of the Prestige TV podcast.
0:04.7	HBO's Barry is back for a fourth and final season, and that means I'll be back recapping
0:09.9	the show with co-creator and star Bill Hader to dive deep on the themes, scenes, and
0:14.4	major moments in the series.
0:16.2	Bill will provide insight into how every episode is made and why it's ending.
0:19.8	New Prestige TV Barry recaps will go live every Sunday night when the episode ends, so make
0:24.0	sure you're subscribed to the Prestige TV podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	I'm Sean Fennesy, and this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about scaring
0:40.4	Bo.
0:41.4	Later in this show, I'll be joined by Ari Astor, the writer and director of Bo is afraid,
0:45.4	one of the most fascinating and polarizing movies of 2023.
0:49.4	This is Ari's fourth time on the Big Picture.
0:52.1	He is always a Mensch, but he's thoughtfully circumspect about his films, and so we talked
0:56.8	a bit about Bo as afraid, but before we get to that conversation, Adam Naiman is here
1:00.3	to actually dig in to this new film.
1:03.5	Certainly the most controversial, debated, taped-upon movie of the year, hi, Adam, how
1:07.9	are you?
1:08.9	I'm good, how are you doing?
1:09.9	I'm just, just, Dandy, as I told you when we just started.
1:12.8	Um, Bo is afraid.
1:14.6	This is the third film from Ari, who has become, I think, one of the signature otors of
1:20.8	the late 2020s, safe to say.
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