"Inside Ari Aster's Mind-Bending 'Beau Is Afraid'"

Director Ari Aster discusses the many puzzling aspects of his latest film, "Beau Is Afraid," including its fictional world, Beau's fears, Oedipal complex, and the significance of Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby." Aster also explains the film's surrealist satire of urban life and consumer society, and its dark comedy rooted in Jewish guilt. Despite the risk of alienating audiences, Aster takes adventurous big swings in his films and hopes that viewers will engage with the labyrinthine design and provocative turns of "Beau Is Afraid."