Beau Is Afraid 4K 2023

Ari Aster is a director I wouldn't recommend to anyone. First of all, because after his movies the whole audience stands up with a heavy sigh and says 'Finally, this drabble is over'. Secondly, Ari fills his movies with hidden meanings and passphrases, so that the true meaning of the picture comes at the last half an hour of watching. If it comes, of course, because the majority of viewers still naively see 'Solstice' as a movie about a cult. The fact that 'All Fears of Bo' will make your brain nuts tickle was indicated by the frankly trippy trailer and three-hour timing. Both points will put some people off, but I, with my eyes burning maniacally, aka the boy who's been swirling in those internets of yours, said: "Fucking hell, come on!" I have no regrets.

The movie is really unusual, if such a weak epithet fits Ari Aster's works at all. The movie starts out as the ravings of a madman, then smoothly moves into an adrenaline trip, changing to a drama about a lost child and ending with a philosophical allegory. And if the first hour can be written off as a side effect of the pills, which our hero Bo chews like candy, then further on there begins a frank 'ariasterness'. And it was this 'further' that I found most fascinating.

Bo is afraid of taking pills without water, leaving his apartment unlocked, drug addicts, closed doors, water, memories, missing a flight (continue the list with any phobia). But where do all his fears come from? No, we are not faced with the standard story of a poor, unhappy man who lived to a noble gray age but remained a zero without a stick. Rather, we are shown the story of an average man living in a cocoon of fears and doubts. And if Bo (read - any man) is afraid of petty things like a walk to the neighborhood store, then moments more global do not frighten him for some reason. He is not left to simmer in his own juice, but goes on a journey into the corners of his own unconscious. At a certain point, it becomes clear why Bo is Bo. There are themes of co-dependent relationships, and parent-abuser, and if chewing on painful topics isn't enough for you, Ari Aster has prepared a sprinkle of psychological incest. Each of the aforementioned topics is shown in such detail (and sometimes even vilely) that you can't help but squint and wish you could throw off the narrative like Bo - a tracking bracelet. At the same time Aster, having taken such a tradition in 'Reincarnation' and already named 'Solstice', mercilessly spoiler his own movie almost at the very beginning, but at the same time you, as a viewer, are not able to take your eyes off the picture. And the picture is so good! Here you have a stunning camerawork with the camera flying through the trees, and a suicidal scene shot through a cell phone camera, and a juicy scene through the eyes of Bo himself.... Where the picture doesn't mesmerize, the stunning acting magnetizes. There is no doubt about Joaquin Phoenix's talent for a long time, but in this movie he revealed himself as a stunning dramatic genius, who without unnecessary words, with just his eyes conveys the longing and horror of his hero. However, Joaquin does not need words to make the whole hall applaud. I would also like to mention Petty LuPone, who was amazing in the role and periodically asked for the audience's gun.