"So tell me about your mother" That's a hilarious ice breaker

I'm no filmmaker. Im a 51 year old truck loader. I can grok why Mr Aster was fascinated by "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover". I wrote a paper in college about it. When it came out. I can see how Heredity was influenced by it. Both are great flicks but hard to watch. Both are mean (I mean that in a positive way), both are visually sumptuous & both are small scale stories presented in an epic way.

What a brilliant human being, I just wanna be his friend and talk to him all the time. So fascinating, amazing film cant wait to see it again!

‘ I’d like to think that as they were suffering the movie was smiling . ‘ I think this perfectly depicted this movie, it captured the essence and ambiance of it perfectly.

26:25 I totally noticed this in Hereditary (on my fourth or fifth watch) that when characters aren't scared but instead in true emotional suffering the soundtrack and visual character to the movie flourishes, the best example being when the father breaks down in his car in an intersection midway through the film and the score hits a major chord in the trumpets heard in the end track of the movie "Reborn," that moment being the truest suffering in the entire movie because the father is being punished for no error of his own whatsoever. The movie really does seem to rejoice in suffering inflicted upon innocents, in that sense it truly is "evil."

To say its not "horror' is INSANE... there is literally a scene of the mother chopping off her own head and blood spewing onto the ground.. if thats not horror than what is

I think that we have a filmmaker with a clear vision, maybe the guy is just a little weird and when he talks it sounds weird. But that's because he wanna explain things in the best way possible, and I think Hereditary is a masterpiece, is atmospheric, tense, bizarre but in a good way. Family sometimes can be so dark, and we escape from that. So we hide, and we cannot see the whole thing.

Love this dudes movies he’s so intelligent and one of the best directors right now. Hard to believe he’s gonna go away from horror for a few movies but probably for the best also he must get so tired of people asking him if he’s okay. It’s a movie not real

What he said about fitting the movie into the horror genre for it to be more acceptable was awesome.

Among the best horror films I've ever seen. The fascinating thing to me is, the film doesn't cover "new" themes, in a way that's become impossible in horror. But, it presents these ideas in such original ways, the film is totally unique.

The point about "the film knows what it's moving towards" is so spot on. The main reason I found the movie so fucking disturbing (other than the excruciatingly believable performances) is that I always knew in some sense what was about to go down. The movies title is the only thing you really need to put it all together from the very start. Hereditary diseases come to mind, and you understand that this is something that is going to follow this family, regardless of their own actions. You may not immediately understand the very nature of the hell that is unfolding, but you can feel the inevitableness of it from the very start. Even as soon as you've read the obituary text from the beginning. And this is such a distilled version of the epic impact a great horror movie can elicit. At least to me. I wouldn't classify the movie as horror though. Terror seems far more fitting.

Ari Aster explaining why he made the Johnson's is so fucking punk rock

Great interviewer, I might add. Great questions, and a great understanding of the audience's questions for the subject.

Ari's short films are something else as well.

Hereditary is a FUCKING MASTERPIECE. The score, the leitmotif color pallettes, the direction and cinematography, the acting. Everything is brilliant. It's replaced the Blackcoat's Daughter as my favorite horror film. This film I felt addressed a lot of important philosophical questions as well, especially reality vs. representation, personal responsibility and accountability, the limits of subjectivity at the boundary of collective enterprise, and the supernatural hermeneutic vs. the psychological (could it all be in Annie's head while building her little miniatures?), etc. Or she's just fucking nuts with DID and Schizophrenia. Your films are so realistic in execution, but they still leave a lot of room for theoretical ambiguity and hermeneutical license.

The interviewer sounds traumatized

hes much younger than i thought (only 33). so accomplished and an ABSOLUTE genius.

interviewer looks like a character from one of his movies

2:06 the way the interviewer asked those set of questions had me laughing hahaha

Thank god someone mentioned the score UGH amazing

This is probably my favorite horror, suspense, drama and maybe my favorite film ever. I've watched this four or five times and it only gets better with each viewing. Dialogue is spectacular and the actors all do fantastic.

What a brilliant and humble guy ...

a slow descent into hell, literally. He made a classic that is beyond frightening, stayed with you like a dark cloud for years...shadows in rooms look worse than ever now...

The interviewer asked very good questions.

he fascinates me, his work, what he can come up with, he is a genius.

Also the strange thing about the Johnsons....fucking blew my mind. Insane how uncomfortable it was ...but shows how genius ari is...

Seen this movie 5 times its fucking Brilliant. Equally strong as a dark family drama, and a horror/thriller.

Honesty and modesty has proven to work and get you miles ahead in this world Ari is a perfect example of this!

The movie speaks about the trauma that mental health and bipolar disorder can create within a family, and also about the fear to speak about it out of the family circle. Literature refers that "hell" is living in madness, and around ancient communities there is a common knowledge that insanity is a somewhat work of the devil. I figure that the director has had some kind of relation to one of these issues but he is not comfortable enough to adress the topic during the interview. The movie is very powerful.

I really love the influence from the film “IN THE BEDROOM”. That film really stuck with me as well. I feel the similarity between Franks death scene from ITBR. It shook me to the core. Charlie’s death comes a close second! And to see how her death brings to the surface an already fractured family dynamic is just amazing! I am so impressed with this director!!! Can’t wait to see his next film.

great interview

His films stick with me for a long time and so many others so I get it! I truly do! He’s an absolute genius and he gets the horror genre so well!

Ha sido un absoluto descubrimiento, esta película, este director. Esta semana empiezo a subir reviews sobre esta película, y sobre su obra a mi canal. Me parece fascinante. Gracias

I think this one of the most incredible movies I've ever seen I truly believe ari aster is the most unique and talented man when it comes to the horror genre.

I feel so bad for him here. You can tell he’s hella uncomfortable, like he’s punching the words out of his mouth. Anyway, Hereditary changed my life and is one of my favorite films of all time, of any genre. No other film has “not let me off the hook” or bothered me more, in the best way.

I've seen this movie so many times and it never gets less scary. Always Gets under my skin. I love ari

all the people with their nerdy filmmaker questions

Absolutely shat myself at this film.

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.

When will interviewers stop treating ari like some serial killer. He's a story teller. Get real

man i love this dude he sounds like david cross but i love this dude

*_The most effective Horror Film I've ever seen because it had a 'Story' behind it._*

Totally unique...but there were influences of Rosemary's baby and Fallen (denzel washington) in it.

Bill is such a boss interviewer. 🙌🏼

And yeah definitely the use of sound to drive home the ultimate destiny of the characters. Many hoof noises, war drum sounds, etc. I'll try not to spoil why for anyone who hasn't seen it.

yo!! stretch the microphone a little bit away from your face!! haha Ari is kind of soft spoken and you're like screaming into the mic so the volume is wacky

Ari reminds me soo much of Sebastian Vettel, the F1 driver :)

What a cool dude.

Very surprised no one has said anything about his similarities to Stanley Kubrick.

This film was a brilliant tour de force without question, but I honestly and sadly could not finish this interview. For whatever strange reason the interviewers mic *WAS WAY FREAKIN LOUDER* by a factor of three. I am at a loss as to how someone did not remedy this in-process but....oh well, I'll just unfortunately have to look for an interview with this amazing Director _elsewhere_

fucking love this director right off rip wow mad respect! He tried to make a movie he would want to see! GROUND BREAKING lol wish more people would make movies for this reason.

His voice helps falling asleep, so calming

does anybody else find it weird that he actually studied demons and rituals and actually included a a demon spirit that people actually believe in irl? I know he had to do research, but damn

Ari saying he wanted us to resent the movie is perfect. i hated hereditary for 2 years for what it made me feel and now i can appreciate it as one of the best horror movies ever (and my favorite)

I really don’t understand how the body was dug up, like I found out later but the movie didn’t really say much. Also why did the dad catch on fire the second time she threw the book in the fire

someone: ''how are you ari?'' Ari: ''i mean....it's great....''

big genius

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The interviewer looks like Russell crow

😎🙏💯

I wanted him to start the interview by saying "sorry about that" :'(

What is artifice?

This movie is a masterpiece and I loved it. Sadly it absolutely broke me to the point that I haven’t been able to watch any other horror movie again. I honestly believe it gave me PTSD or at least severe trauma. Well done I guess 😢😂

i watched this movie with my mom

I too resent this movie, not for any scares but for how incomplete it felt and how unsatisfied it left me. Particularly towards the end. Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

Has nobody noticed that he has a really shiny head😂🤣🤣🙃lol!!

Sybil was a horror movie to me. That movie scarred me. 😢

Who cares about A24?! Ask him about where his intention was at during the directing of the Toni Collette breakdown scene !!! “ oh Charlie!!!!!! It hurtssss it hurts noooooo!!!!!” 20:12 great question !!! The interviews with him NEVER TALK about the awesome supernatural sequences either !!! Let me interview Ari ! I got a list of remarks and compliments.....scene by scene why I loved them and Why he is the MOST IMPORTANT filmmaker to watch imo.... 🥺

I can’t belive I watched this movie when I am the ripe age of 14

Best horror movie ever.

I know what he means about the movie that ruined his life. I feel that way about Todd Solondz movies.

I genuinely felt terrible for Peter the entire movie

The interviewer kept on interrupting , ari can't seem to finish some sentences

Come on Ari Aster we NEED that sequel with Peter!!

That movie fucked me up

sometimes i wonder if my mother is in a cult, she has a "church group" she goes everywhere with. hereditary definitely gave me some ideas, but obviously it's just a movie... but you never really know sometimes. just had me thinking. loved the movieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Ari Aster is sooo hot and such a daddy💙✨✨

strombo is one of my least favourite interviewers :/

Ari: "I saw Carrie when I was 12 and that stuck with me" Me: *Sees the Exorcist at 8* I wonder what kinda of twisted ass movie I'd make if I could 😁

embarrassing questions coming from toronto

wow... this guy mr.ripped jeans is a terrible interviewer. couldn't even get through the first 6 minutes.

I used to think this was a brilliant film…till I saw Rosemarys Baby and I realized he was more than just inspired by the film. He copied it on so many levels.

very inarticulate and annoying. How does he communicate direction when he cant communicate a simple thought. He doesnt know what to say to say the least. uhhh

the only flaw in this movie, was the music,( sorry mr Stetson ) it's the typical angst textured score you know will be in all horror movie, it's really déja - vu ( like the crescendo sound stopping sharp when the "evil" element disappear from the screen)- it's so annoying because here the story is so solid, and the cinematography is so on point and full of inventions, that we didn't need more tension with this cliché soundtrack, it's like eating a cake with more sugar on it, if he used lighter music, or no music at all it would have been so much scarier. a more natural, realistic way to shoot some surrealist events is the best way, i believe, to achieve tension and get some huge scary moments. A good recent example of great use and invention in a score is what Mica levi done for the movie "Under the skin"

Thank god someone mentioned the score UGH amazing