Aster is no stranger to being provocative with his films, but Aster says he has been shocked at how divisive his latest film has proven to be
In his wonderfully disturbing new movie,, the writer-director finds a deep and perverse kind of comedy in the misadventures of its title character, a psychologically and sexually stunted man who embarks on a surreal journey to attend his mother’s funeral.
Take the incident last week in which Phoenix, appearing before an audience in Los Angeles for a post-film Q&A session,”That was Joaquin’s joke, I was just going with it!” Aster says with a nervous laugh during a publicity stop in Toronto this week. “He’s a very funny guy. I mean, I was definitely intimidated when I first met him, but as we got into the work, we developed a real rapport. We both discovered early on that we were very similar.
Less fun for Aster, perhaps, is bearing witness to the cultural discourse attempting to digest just whatis all about. Already, social-media users seem to be losing their minds – more easily than usual, at least – attempting to make sense of Aster’s film. Another extreme reaction that audiences might have is attempting to decipher just what the real-life relationship might be between Aster and his own mother, given how intense the parent-child relationship is on-screen. But, according to Aster, nope, everything is good on that end.
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