Ep. 66: Beau is Afraid, and Weirdly Absurd
Cinema of Meaning
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The Absurdity of Anxiety
The ending almost feels optimistic which I think if you literally describe what's going on in this movie seems absurd but we talked at the beginning about how it feels more like a comedy than a horror film. A lot of the comedy and sort of optimism of this movie comes from even though it's sort of this abjectly like horrifying like string of eventsI don't know yeah that you like I didn't walk out of it being like oh wow that was an interesting experience to be honest with you. It does get a little meta which I'm not always too big of a fan of in where it becomes a little bit too allegorical maybe for the audience in the movie is actually you the audience
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