Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Short Shows the Film’s Surprising Origins

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The A24 wunderkind’s latest horror-comedy is a full-length expansion upon his older—and stranger—short film. And in it, Beau has something totally weirder to be afraid of.

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