Beau Is Afraid (Ari Aster, 2023)

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#1 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm

Ari Aster’s next film will be Disappointment Blvd. for A24, starring Joaquin Phoenix

therewillbeblus · #2 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:34 pm

DarkImbecile wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm Ari Aster’s next film will be Disappointment Blvd. for A24, starring Joaquin Phoenix

Going by the plot, it sounds like new territory for Aster who has always depicted events occurring over acute time periods of gradually-swelling dread. I'll be curious how he manages to navigate his strengths with a very different scale of time, especially after his last film essentially did the inverse where it toyed with our processing of time by depicting a week's events over seemingly one looong day when going by our perceptual cues of the sun (well, not the director's cut, but still)

Never Cursed · #3 Post by **Never Cursed** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:41 pm

DarkImbecile wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm Ari Aster’s next film will be Disappointment Blvd. for A24, starring Joaquin Phoenix

Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan And Kylie Rogers join

Never Cursed · #4 Post by **Never Cursed** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:46 pm

DarkImbecile wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm Ari Aster’s next film will be Disappointment Blvd. for A24, starring Joaquin Phoenix

Photos of Phoenix on set in Montreal (spoilered for length, and because one may be NSFW)

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#5 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:23 pm

New title and poster:

tenia · #6 Post by **tenia** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:31 pm

Oh, didn't realise it changed its title to Joaquin Phoenix.

#7 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:20 am

This is one of the biggest downgrade title changes of all time. WTF

therewillbeblus · #8 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:27 am

It's strange too since the original was in step with Aster's previous two titles, all of which are effective for their simultaneous provocation and restraint, capturing an indistinct force overwhelming the characters in ways we aren't invited to know just yet. I guess this one does the same thing, but in an annoyingly clear manner. If it ain't broke, don't change your style

brundlefly · #9 Post by **brundlefly** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:16 am

Easy change, marketing-wise. Ties it to the director's previous horror output. At the very least you don't give your film a title that makes snarky box office reporters' jobs too easy.

Never Cursed · #10 Post by **Never Cursed** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:13 am

For what it's worth, the script for this has been floating around the internet for a few years, and it always had its current title, never "Disappointment Blvd."

yoloswegmaster · #11 Post by **yoloswegmaster** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:24 pm

Coming out in April:

Altair · #12 Post by **Altair** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:50 pm

What is Beauis Afraid? A broad comedy about a French family in New Orleans?

#13 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:25 pm

Trailer

Release date set for April 21, 2023

therewillbeblus · #14 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:18 pm

Wow, that looks next-level ambitious for Aster, and also like what I'm Thinking of Ending Things would've been if Kaufman had collaborated with Gondry again instead of helming the movie himself

brundlefly · #15 Post by **brundlefly** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:45 pm

Saddened Russ Leatherman is not listed on the film's imdb page.

yoloswegmaster · #16 Post by **yoloswegmaster** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:29 pm

Take this with a grain of salt since it's coming from Jordan Ruimy but the runtime is said to be 179 minutes.

Persona · #17 Post by **Persona** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:21 pm

therewillbeblus wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:18 pm Wow, that looks next-level ambitious for Aster, and also like what I'm Thinking of Ending Things would've been if Kaufman had collaborated with Gondry again instead of helming the movie himself

Yeah, the Kaufman/Jonze vibes are strong with this one.

I am a huge fan of Thinking of Ending Things but I don't really need another movie in that vein, and that's all I could think about watching this trailer. Hopefully the actual movie is much more its own thing.

therewillbeblus · #18 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:37 pm

It looks like a more accessible and comedic version of that, which is why I thought of Kaufman's collaborators who reigned in a lot of his unhinged mental projections and packaged them more digestibly for audiences

Harvest · #19 Post by **Harvest** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:48 pm

Not much excitement for this on this board it seems. This has been screening already and comes out in NY/LA this week.

Here's the 2nd trailer that hadn't been posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrCg9G_OHAA

Boosmahn · #20 Post by **Boosmahn** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:00 pm

I'm looking forward to it. Just waiting for showings to start in Chicago. I read its (since changed?) script and found it... unique.

therewillbeblus · #21 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:33 pm

I imagine most of us are pumped, but there hasn't been much pre-release chatter on this forum in general these days, at least between PTA movies

EWMMTFAN · #22 Post by **EWMMTFAN** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:30 pm

Ari Aster has stepped out of line with this reckless length. Creatively freedom is fine, not at the expense of general audiences. When you are giving this free reign to these wunderkind directors, you are trying to alienate a portion of the public with their self-indulgence. This was the root of cause with Babylon and with the reviews pouring in, the same issue with Beau is Afraid. A24 needs to have a better editor watchdog to not let such languishing runtime that will led to a decrease in the marketplace. Remember, the motto should be Less is More. When you become this sprawling you have a disaster at your hands.

therewillbeblus · #23 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:50 pm

Ari Aster is two for two with A24 collaborations that garner both critical and audience appreciation, plus "general audiences" by and large responded so positively to his three hour director's cut of Midsommar that A24 put out only that edition on blu and UHD on their site. So it's entirely logical that they refused his four-hour cut, just like they did with Midsommar's four-hour workprint, but chose to sign off on this when the last three hour film the same director made yielded praise and revenue. It also made sense to give Chazelle a big budget after a bunch of hits, but it won't to do it again (at least not directly after Babylon), so let's see how this does before we tell people making sweeping financial decisions above our pay grade what to do with their business. Also, maybe see it before making assumptions, or don't see three hour movies if you don't want to? This shouldn't need to be said here, but our own aversion to an attribute of a film should not be extrapolated to determine mass audiences' alienation or the appropriate business practices of art industries

yoloswegmaster · #24 Post by **yoloswegmaster** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:54 pm

EWMMTFAN wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:30 pm Ari Aster has stepped out of line with this reckless length. Creatively freedom is fine, not at the expense of general audiences. When you are giving this free reign to these wunderkind directors, you are trying to alienate a portion of the public with their self-indulgence. This was the root of cause with Babylon and with the reviews pouring in, the same issue with Beau is Afraid. A24 needs to have a better editor watchdog to not let such languishing runtime that will led to a decrease in the marketplace. Remember, the motto should be Less is More. When you become this sprawling you have a disaster at your hands.

Are you Erick Weber's alt account?

EWMMTFAN · #25 Post by **EWMMTFAN** » Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:07 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:54 pm
EWMMTFAN wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:30 pm Ari Aster has stepped out of line with this reckless length. Creatively freedom is fine, not at the expense of general audiences. When you are giving this free reign to these wunderkind directors, you are trying to alienate a portion of the public with their self-indulgence. This was the root of cause with Babylon and with the reviews pouring in, the same issue with Beau is Afraid. A24 needs to have a better editor watchdog to not let such languishing runtime that will led to a decrease in the marketplace. Remember, the motto should be Less is More. When you become this sprawling you have a disaster at your hands.
Are you Erick Weber's alt account?

Big fan of his criticism. No critic has the guts to call out the industry. We need more freethinkers like him and Chris Gore in the film criticism world.

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