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

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The Myth of a Keyless Guy

I wouldn't say that it's based on the short. The idea of a guy whose keys get stolen from his door, on his way out of his apartment to take a trip ... functioned as the catalyst for whatever this thing is. You were trying to create a kind of mythical journey for this character. That was a very purposeful design of the film. I've been doing my best to reduce it as much as I can in order to avoid talking about it in earnest, especially before it comes out. Because it is an odyssey, but then I say that and I want to throw up.

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