‘Beau Is Afraid’ director Ari Aster on what surprised him about working with Joaquin Phoenix

The US filmmaker delivered a masterclass at the Bifan film festival in South Korea.At the Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster gave a masterclass ahead of the film’s screening on opening night (June 29), in which he discussed working with actor Joaquin Phoenix and his affinity for Korean cinema.On his first trip to South Korea, Aster sat down with his mentor from the American Film Institute (AFI), Barry Sabath, who is also dean of Bifan’s Fantastic Film School (Ffs) workshop, to talk about surrealist drama Beau Is Afraid.The film stars Phoenix as Beau,…

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