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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2018
  • For our latest Film Comment Free Talk, we head into the belly of the beast: Ari Aster’s terrific upcoming twist on the horror genre, Hereditary. If at times Hereditary feels more like an askew domestic melodrama than a horror movie, that’s not accidental: Aster’s new film is one of the most effective examples of the genre in recent years, terrifying in its refusal to shy away from difficult emotions. The filmmaker, a cinephile who counts Mike Leigh as one of his influences, sat down with Film Society Editorial Director and Film Comment columnist Michael Koresky to discuss how exactly he mixes the mysteries and traumas of dysfunctional families with his exquisitely controlled and cathartic filmmaking. A talent (and a film) not to be missed this summer!
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  • @grahamkristensen9301
    @grahamkristensen9301 3 года назад +336

    I can't get over how this guy made two of the most emotionally scarring movies of the last five years but looks like the barista at your local Starbucks.

  • @bencarlson4300
    @bencarlson4300 Год назад +29

    I’ve only seen Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid, and Strange Thing about the Johnsons, but my conclusion is that Ari Aster’s goal is to create scenarios where it would literally be better to be dead than still in that scenario. Each film has its own tone and way of getting to that point, but let’s just say he’s VERY into family-based trauma.

  • @alecjames2000
    @alecjames2000 5 лет назад +287

    God he’s so right though, the pacing of Hereditary is so integral to the movie. Would have loved to see the 3hr footage anyway

    • @ilovesecretagents
      @ilovesecretagents 4 года назад +5

      Agreed. Love the avatar. All hail the may queen!

    • @rochelimit55555
      @rochelimit55555 3 года назад +2

      I agree also when he talked that, the slow built up is a horror!

  • @marcusblack5810
    @marcusblack5810 5 лет назад +260

    Ari Aster talking about films is one of the most interesting things ever tbh

  • @sarah3396
    @sarah3396 4 года назад +277

    Why would you go see a film commentary about a movie you haven't seen yet

    • @isakdahl7054
      @isakdahl7054 4 года назад +3

      megan byrne Because they didn’t only discuss the movie, and when they did they did it in a spoiler-free way.

    • @Quintessenceofdust7
      @Quintessenceofdust7 4 года назад +3

      Isak Dahl Short Films ehh still would ruin it for me.

    • @sneakaholic011
      @sneakaholic011 4 года назад +26

      yeah, it’s the worst. amazing opportunity to have an hour conversation with the director but we have to cater to the people that didn’t care enough to see the movie?

    • @hunterdean4766
      @hunterdean4766 3 года назад +1

      Very weird

    • @EKDupre
      @EKDupre 3 года назад

      Good question, because it seems ridiculous. It probably has a certain recent then. Perhaps it was a matter of scheduling?

  • @desmonheck
    @desmonheck 5 лет назад +169

    Adding him to my list of favorite directors.

  • @jskd2953
    @jskd2953 4 года назад +60

    Ari Aster gets major points for talking about "Return to Oz". Hereditary was a genuinely intriguing, impressive, original and finely constructed work. Look forward to more from him.

    • @MrJeezus
      @MrJeezus 2 года назад

      "The Wiz" is scary as all hell.

  • @karennorris7880
    @karennorris7880 2 года назад +23

    Ari Aster is a genius. I'm not even that much of a movie fan, but I find myself hanging on his every word and wanting to watch all the films he references. I think it takes great strength and courage to face the horrific parts of life. In that way, it's very life-affirming to watch a horror film, because it's like you're accepting a dare to look and not flinch.

  • @Belzebubke
    @Belzebubke 4 года назад +47

    The corpses and Gore look so real and life-like in his movies

  • @walkergoff3127
    @walkergoff3127 Год назад +8

    What I love about that dinner scene is Annie's complaint of no one taking any responsibility applying to her directly. She speaks about her life and history as if it belongs to someone else. She is always distanced, even in her approach to miniatures.

  • @GlennEpic
    @GlennEpic 4 года назад +23

    The rapport between these two is unreal.

  • @suranumitu7734
    @suranumitu7734 Год назад +4

    The director of two of the most brilliantly devastating horror movies I've ever seen being such an awkward nerd is just perfect.

  • @brassgal5039
    @brassgal5039 2 года назад +6

    Wow! The Baby of Macon’s play on pageantry, theatre, and audience complicity in watching/participating in the horror is also present in Midsommar. I had no idea that it was not available in the USA. In have also watched those Iconic films discussed, plus I recommend Blue Velvet, and The Innocents (adaptation of The Turn Of The Screw).

  • @miguelecastro
    @miguelecastro 4 года назад +20

    Ari Aster is such a refreshing addition to the horror genre.

  • @crookedrooffilms
    @crookedrooffilms 5 лет назад +64

    40:00 with "Sweden's history" cough cough midsommar

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 4 года назад +2

      Haven't seen that one yet.

    • @flushfries5633
      @flushfries5633 4 года назад +10

      LordMalice6d9 It’s good I recommend it if you’re depraved.

    • @Quintessenceofdust7
      @Quintessenceofdust7 4 года назад

      I’m pretty sure he wasn’t referring to midsommar when he said that. It does take place there tho

  • @jamiew83831
    @jamiew83831 2 года назад +14

    There aren’t many human dramas I can only stomach once. In fact, I think there’s only one and that’s his Johnson’s short. Just thinking about it makes my stomach turn. This man is a genius.

    • @deerheart87
      @deerheart87 Год назад

      I find that almost too comedic it’s a great idea and disturbing but I find some weird comedy element in it I don’t know why ?? Maybe I find it ridiculous even tho I understand completely he’s thinking behind it I can’t seem to take it seriously

  • @e2theoc
    @e2theoc 5 лет назад +28

    Return to OZ is so insanely disturbing, if you saw it as a child this movie stays with you its so freaky!

    • @hunterdean4766
      @hunterdean4766 3 года назад

      I've never seen it. Is it worth watching?

  • @allamaraine8066
    @allamaraine8066 Год назад +3

    50:13 - There you go! As a black man, I didn’t get the anger, myself. Like Aster says, he gave interesting parts to black actors. I’m thankful for that.

  • @cyborgoftheyear
    @cyborgoftheyear 2 года назад +5

    I'm a big time horror fan and Hereditary is my 3rd favorite horror film after The Thing and The Shining.

  • @LK-dz6pb
    @LK-dz6pb 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, so interesting to hear about Aster's childhood shared cinema experiences with his mother, to which I can relate incredibly hard! Truly, I was exposed to the in-depth classics of cinema from a very early age by my late mother, including silent b&w films, Dr. Kaligari, all that jazz, and on the regular basis, too! (I guess the second blessing was an immortal "Museum of Cinema" in our homecity). My all-time favorite childhood film was Kurosawa's "Kagemusha" when I was 10! (And I saw it at least a dozen times on a large screen).

  • @alecjames2000
    @alecjames2000 5 лет назад +12

    I feel awkward becuz i can hear the people in the room who haven’t watched the movie

  • @bornyesterday2994
    @bornyesterday2994 4 года назад +28

    We finally get to see a genius work a horror film. Ari is up there with Kubrick.. Argento..Blatty.. Hooper.. my all time favorites

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 5 лет назад +49

    American God of Horror has spoken.

  • @markpfeffer7487
    @markpfeffer7487 4 года назад +18

    Absolute genius.

  • @ottocastillo6110
    @ottocastillo6110 5 лет назад +27

    The music on this film which sets up a lot of the suspense, owes a lot to The Shining by its way of pacing and setting up the scenes.

    • @strangerjones5576
      @strangerjones5576 5 лет назад +7

      All A24 horror film use music the same way that "The Shining" did. I couldn't have bigger praise for these movies.

    • @Skullkan6
      @Skullkan6 5 лет назад +3

      Which takes a lot from Eraserhead.

  • @svenmc9748
    @svenmc9748 2 года назад +2

    Hi Ari, big supporter of your horroresque cinematic endeavors.

  • @Roemilo
    @Roemilo 4 года назад +2

    This is so weird...I kept getting a door closing today without any acknowledgement and it was making me so disconnected from the person. Just so creepy when I heard him say that was what was cut out 😂

  • @ravenjanaya
    @ravenjanaya 4 года назад +20

    ari aster is so cute to me and i'm not sure what it is. like I could marry him tomorrow.

    • @badaboom8843
      @badaboom8843 3 года назад +9

      he will devour u

    • @basharatahmad306
      @basharatahmad306 2 года назад +2

      Cos hes succsessful and rich and famous.

    • @anonymoushumanhi
      @anonymoushumanhi Год назад +2

      ME TOO. Except I know what it is for me. His mind, his abilities, his talent and ambition, his soothing voice, his personality, his modesty, his kindness, his sense of humor, his eyes, his smile…Yeah I’ve got a crush on him (respectfully) and I love it!!!

    • @DustyFrawn
      @DustyFrawn 10 месяцев назад

      He’s adorable

  • @josesalvador7614
    @josesalvador7614 4 года назад +3

    la película es muy buena . sin desconocer la producción y los que hacen la película , para mi quien realmente le pone mucha relevancia a la producción y la hace muy impresionante es nuestra hermosa y querida actriz Toni Collette , ya que es una excelente actriz. felicitaciones a todos...!!!

  • @baby.goblin
    @baby.goblin 3 года назад +5

    Are the deleted scenes available anywhere?

  • @beakerlab
    @beakerlab 6 лет назад +12

    Fantastic editing!

  • @lilbigman777
    @lilbigman777 4 года назад +8

    9:00
    3:31
    16:18
    mike
    18:32
    29:50
    40:22

    • @MrAndrewjustdoit
      @MrAndrewjustdoit 4 года назад +3

      Jor-Els Alexandria Been watching your hereditary reviews. I can tell it’s still with you huh? 😂 rightfully so of course

  • @20000dino
    @20000dino Год назад +1

    He's so thorough yet manages to be unpretentious - that's a hard balance to find.

  • @khaldub
    @khaldub Год назад

    9:55 my rental spots never allowed us to touch the tapes, I wish I had this option lol

  • @wanderleisumo
    @wanderleisumo 3 года назад +2

    Carrie catharsis comment seems so on point after watching Midsommar.

  • @EM-lz9kg
    @EM-lz9kg Год назад +1

    A masterpiece

  • @Anomaliayt
    @Anomaliayt 4 года назад +3

    When the wonderful Walter Murch is credited as a sound designer 8:39 :(

  • @tuckerlaramee638
    @tuckerlaramee638 2 года назад +1

    If you’ve ever seen an ari aster interview you know he’s gonna mention Carrie

  • @2lipToo
    @2lipToo 3 года назад +2

    Wish the volume level was higher...can barely hear this at times; and it get worse as it goes on.

  • @Nintendonomics
    @Nintendonomics Год назад

    What a way to begin an interview lol

  • @frenchcoupon3391
    @frenchcoupon3391 2 года назад

    Here from Midsommar movie discussion :)

  • @ModernMessiah
    @ModernMessiah 2 года назад

    Really good movie. You should check out "Witching and bitching" its Spanish subtitles but it's really good. So I get it's Paimon at the end but why do they call him Charlie? Saying they got her a better body? Then the head is on a pike that they're worshiping?

  • @ForeverInDreams237
    @ForeverInDreams237 4 года назад +5

    mulholland drive shout out!!!!

  • @greenteaclock3494
    @greenteaclock3494 3 года назад +5

    I wonder if ari aster could pull off a horror style war movie.

  • @frankiecruz8699
    @frankiecruz8699 4 года назад +7

    I wish there was a prequel to hereditary. How ellen becomes queen and how she tried to use her son as the vesael for pagan and how and why ellen's husband committed suicide. And then cut to ellen being pushed away from having any contact with peter the first born son of annie and when charlie is born cut to next scence where ellen is breast feeding her grandchild charlie cut scene zooming out of baby closeup sucking nipple as ellen slowly looks up to camera with an evil grin then black screen with director name.

    • @baby.goblin
      @baby.goblin 3 года назад +1

      That would be awesome.. I know he wrote a lot of backstory that didn’t even make it into the script.. however I don’t think he would ever do this, it’s more of a standalone piece

  • @jeremygann3645
    @jeremygann3645 4 года назад +8

    I LOVE this guy's work, and I will tell the world what a brilliant, genius filmmaker he is, but my God - he is one wormy, odd little creature.

    • @WhopperJrNoCheese
      @WhopperJrNoCheese 4 года назад +3

      I feel you have to be odd in some way to create horror

    • @Psyteth
      @Psyteth 4 года назад +9

      Seems extremely normal here... you can tell he is pretty shy and he tends to point out he gets tired of repeating himself and always imagines the people in the audience who hate everything he is saying and disliked his movies lol. I like how grounded, yet insecure he comes off. Its refreshing,

    • @verdodragon
      @verdodragon 3 года назад +1

      It’s just anxiety

    • @svenmc9748
      @svenmc9748 2 года назад +2

      That's one way to describe the man. Badge produced.

  • @millsykooksy4863
    @millsykooksy4863 Год назад

    I love the Wiz!

  • @BradReid
    @BradReid 3 года назад

    Who is Michael Koresky reminding me of?

  • @itsallinallston
    @itsallinallston 3 года назад +1

    I love Aster's work, but I think he's wrong about George Romero. Both Martin and NOLD are aesthetically dynamic in my opinion.

  • @kanielamiel
    @kanielamiel Год назад +1

    Me encantas Ari! jaja

  • @JiiWoon
    @JiiWoon Год назад

    i'll never forget Ari Aster

    • @20000dino
      @20000dino Год назад

      What about now? Do you still remember him?

    • @JiiWoon
      @JiiWoon Год назад

      @@20000dino after Hereditary how can i not 👀

    • @20000dino
      @20000dino Год назад +1

      @@JiiWoon Well he's certainly not leaving your mind this year, since we're soon to be blessed with Beau is Afraid !

  • @88feji
    @88feji 4 года назад +19

    Forget about Denis Villeneuve, Chris Nolan .. this guy is the real deal, not some pseudo intellectual one-note visual style pretender. Ari's movies really makes me carry that mood like a dark cloud over my head long after the movie is over, it feels like an amped up version of real life, he makes the kind of heavy lifting horror no one makes anymore (The Exorcist) ... just stop the James Wan factory churn outs already ..
    ... more Ari please

    • @chiefinasmith
      @chiefinasmith 3 года назад +13

      You can like Ari Aster without shitting on legendary directors lol

    • @88feji
      @88feji 2 года назад +1

      @@chiefinasmith
      Not everyone regard Villeneuve and Nolan, .. and Wan as legendary ....... thankfully.
      I will shit on anyone I think is overrated ... its fair game, no cows are too sacred, its just make believe movies dear, you're regarding "great directors" as some kind of God, they're not ... my favourite directors (like Ari Aster himself) have detractors and thats fair too ...

  • @stevent2049
    @stevent2049 2 года назад +1

    Why would someone go to this if you haven’t seen the movie

  • @nataliesalander7840
    @nataliesalander7840 3 года назад +7

    In one word, Ari Aster is brilliant.

  • @rochelimit55555
    @rochelimit55555 3 года назад +1

    haha he hates Return to Oz, that movie traumatizes me as a kid!

  • @Robertjames525
    @Robertjames525 2 года назад

    Midsommar is way better!

  • @funkychicken4509
    @funkychicken4509 4 года назад +4

    think Michael Jackson's stuffed, bloated scarecrow in The Wiz might have inspired Midsommar

  • @crcurran
    @crcurran 3 года назад

    Oh he is telling as about his first short film the ...Johnsons. Hold up. Did he just reveal the draw-droppage end of it as well? WTF, Drector?!

  • @lydiacole1865
    @lydiacole1865 Год назад +1

    I love nerds.

  • @sandracmyers
    @sandracmyers 4 года назад +8

    Maybe make sure your audience has actually SEEN the film of your guest.

    • @baby.goblin
      @baby.goblin 3 года назад +2

      I think it’s the audience that needs to make sure they see the film they’re there to hear about

  • @MrJeezus
    @MrJeezus 2 года назад

    He's got the posture of creepy old vato, but what a nice talented young dude.

  • @mikekckilla
    @mikekckilla 4 года назад

    What's artifice?

    • @mattyfromhell
      @mattyfromhell 4 года назад

      Michael adams The use of things that are artificial.

    • @Find-Your-Bliss-
      @Find-Your-Bliss- 3 года назад

      Simulacrum-
      In its earliest English uses, simulacrum named something that provided an image or representation (as, for instance, a portrait, marble statue, or wax figure representing a person). Perhaps because a simulacrum, no matter how skillfully done, is not the real thing, the word gained an extended sense emphasizing the superficiality or insubstantiality of a thing.

  • @danielharvey6643
    @danielharvey6643 4 года назад

    my god I love Ari and he may be the most genius up-and-coming director but fucking hell this interview audio is mixed like ASS. Lincoln Center, out of the bottom of my heart I want to give you better services and will mix you interview audio just out of interest in serving public art. please.

  • @brantstokes
    @brantstokes 3 года назад

    Sucks the audio is so bad

  • @gil23456789
    @gil23456789 5 лет назад +3

    I think "HEREDITARY" is nothing but 3:17m short of a master-piece ! Why 3:17 minutes, you ask ? That's the lenght of "CLOUDS" as sung by Judy Collins, that closes this otherwise perfect movie - much of which (or witch) rests on the very competent shoulders of Toni Collette ; over and over in my head (which I haven't lost yet, no thanks to the movie), I've tried to make sense of the insertion of that otherwise beautiful song at the very end of that beautifully-dreadful movie... but to no avail ; let's say it's what the director wanted and that's that ! But still, I think he should've listened to Joni Mitchell's "CLOUDS" before making his final choice ; Judy Collins' 1967 cover sounds muffled and dusty, while Mitchell's (original) version, re-released in 1969 on REPRISE records, sounds crisp and truly stereo, as if recorded recently ; now there are songs on that LP that might, I say might, have made more sense for the movie's awkward ending ; for instance "THE FIDDLE AND THE DRUM" ; Mitchell's alluring voice has even chilling "over-tones", as they say, in the business ; but it is the way she plucks at the guitar that draws the most attention ; even the album's cover, a Joni Mitchell self-portrait (yes, she also paints), is premonitious : she somehow looks like Toni Collette... and get this : Joni and Toni (LOL) Is it too late to re-release the movie with Joni's song dubbed on ? Oh, but ask Joni's permission first... I've read she wasn't too keen about Collins' rendition (LOL) !

  • @benquinney2
    @benquinney2 3 года назад +1

    The Aryan papers

  • @WilliamGarland
    @WilliamGarland 4 года назад +10

    Jesus, this man has tiny hands.

  • @kujo5998
    @kujo5998 Год назад +1

    My favorite horror movie of all time. If only Ari wasn’t THE WORST public speaker in the history of talking, including just holding a conversation, i would enjoy hearing info from him so much!

  • @HEllis-qu5nn
    @HEllis-qu5nn 4 года назад

    I find the avoidance of the key element of the film being in the occult ODD. the family dynamic is the result of the dark art and cult manipulations. why is this not being addressed????

    • @WhopperJrNoCheese
      @WhopperJrNoCheese 4 года назад +1

      I think it's because the film is based around the manipulations of Ellen and the cult and that would be a bit of a spoiler. I've seen a lot of people who have seen the movie didn't really enjoy it as much as they thought they could have because before they watched it, they heard that it had cult business going on in it.

    • @juanarkantos
      @juanarkantos 8 месяцев назад

      You are the first people to mention this i've seen. I always wonder the same... both hereditary and midsommar are about blood magic and life-stealing powers channeled through manipulation... nobody seems to adress it and it makes it way creepier when you compare the movies and the interviews.

  • @caseyrogers573
    @caseyrogers573 2 года назад

    “I made it in a different climate”, a more INCESTY climate?? What does that even mean? Lol How is the climate different now in regards to a film about a son sexually abusing his dad? I’m obsessed with this comment.

    • @tonywords6713
      @tonywords6713 2 года назад +3

      He's referring to climate change he wrote the movie in Mexico which is currently underwater due to adverse effects from methane released when cows fart

    • @caseyrogers573
      @caseyrogers573 2 года назад

      @@tonywords6713 😂

  • @gneelcostello511
    @gneelcostello511 4 года назад +1

    Take a shot every time he repeats a word 4 times in a row

    • @mhd1442
      @mhd1442 4 года назад +2

      He stutter genius

    • @maxwellblackburnadeaux9845
      @maxwellblackburnadeaux9845 4 года назад

      you know? you know? you know? you know? you know? you know? you know? you know?

    • @Petergonzaleztv
      @Petergonzaleztv 4 года назад +1

      HAHA good1

    • @blxckovt
      @blxckovt 3 года назад +3

      Shut shut shut shut up bro

    • @gneelcostello511
      @gneelcostello511 3 года назад +2

      @@mhd1442 He doesn't have a stutter. He proves this by speaking at length during most of the interview. What he has is an annoying habit of repeating the first word of a sentence as means of buying time to respond. It's a habit you can change.

  • @deepalall647
    @deepalall647 5 лет назад +5

    Hereditary was heavily influenced by 'The Sixth Sense'.

    • @mpacino1224
      @mpacino1224 5 лет назад +26

      I just watched it and besides the easter eggs didn't really see the Sixth Sense influence.

    • @omni6us972
      @omni6us972 5 лет назад +8

      Thumbs down.

    • @jajackboss
      @jajackboss 5 лет назад +6

      Fuck you

    • @NeoMusicOfficial
      @NeoMusicOfficial 5 лет назад +7

      @@jajackboss woah there lmao relax

    • @JeffTheHokie
      @JeffTheHokie 6 месяцев назад

      I'm pretty sure the creepy, smiling guy at the funeral was inspired by the creepy, smiling hearse-driver in Burnt Offerings. Midsommar in some ways reminds me of a less campy version of 2001 Maniacs.

  • @clintonf4501
    @clintonf4501 5 месяцев назад

    I cannot explain the total lack of entertainment this person has produced after watching three movies .I do not understand how or why anyone would allow another one

  • @kristenwaterton4087
    @kristenwaterton4087 4 года назад +1

    “ Stately disturbing artifice “ 🤣 is there any end to creepy pretentious gay men ? And Oliver Twist ? Lmfao yeahhhhhh

  • @MzMary801
    @MzMary801 5 лет назад +3

    I want my 2hrs back!!!! Eff this movie SUCKS!!!!!!

    • @floraposteschild4184
      @floraposteschild4184 5 лет назад +32

      I don't know about your two hours (and seven minutes) but you might save some time by quitting complaining about this movie. Or you could shorten your comment to "this movie sux!" That would also save time.

    • @MzMary801
      @MzMary801 5 лет назад

      @@floraposteschild4184 🖕🏿🖕🏿

    • @mikekish7874
      @mikekish7874 5 лет назад +40

      @@MzMary801 Wahhhh. I saw a movie I didn't like so I'm gonna find videos about the director giving input about said movie that I don't like and tell everyone that I didn't like it. Grow up.

    • @MichaelTPaulo
      @MichaelTPaulo 4 года назад

      😂😂