Overview

• Aster described the last hour of Beau Is Afraid as a “real gauntlet” and said he would probably tighten it to keep more audience members engaged.
• Beau Is Afraid cost an estimated $35 million to produce but earned just over $10 million at the box office and opened to sharply divided reviews.
• The director notes that, despite its rocky debut, critics are increasingly revisiting and reassessing the film more positively.
• Aster revealed that his father advised him to stop writing movies after Beau Is Afraid flopped, a comment he now admits carried some weight.
• His latest release, Eddington, is encountering parallel criticism for an overlong and alienating final act.