Ari Aster’s Joaquin Phoenix-Led ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Gets Horrifying First Trailer Spanning Ages and Dimensions (Video)
thewrap.comOne of 2023’s most mysterious movies just got much less mysterious, as A24 has debuted the brand-new trailer for “Midsommar” and “Hereditary” director Ari Aster’s latest film, “Beau Is Afraid.”Up until now all we had were snippets of information – Aster himself described it as a four-hour-long “nightmare comedy” back in 2020, and it was described as being a decades-spanning epic set in an alternate version of modern-day America.
Oscar-winning star Joaquin Phoenix was said to go on a decades-spanning odyssey battling demons both psychological and literal.
And now that the official trailer for the movie has dropped, well, yeah, that all checks out.The 2.5-minute spot certainly teases that “nightmare comedy” tone, with the bits shown of co-stars Amy Ryan and Nathan Lane being just left-of-center enough that sweetness reads as sinister.
We also see Phoenix’s Beau age and de-age, enter different dimensions and even walk alongside an angel? What’s it all mean? Well, your guess is as good as ours.
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