Ep. 66: Beau is Afraid, and Weirdly Absurd

We discuss the surprisingly fun absurdism of Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid , and dive into its deeper themes of anxiety, childhood, and parental relations. Start exploring the riches of cinema with a 30 day extended free trial of MUBI at mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning Listen to Cinema of Meaning on our creator-owned platform Nebula to enjoy our podcast completely ad-free, a week early, and with additional bonus episodes: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link also supports the podcast) Join our Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning Check us out on YouTube: Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning Check us out on Nebula: Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning Follow us: Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight For sponsorship or business inquiries: cinemaofmeaning@standard.tv See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .