Episode 305 – BEAU IS AFRAID

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Runtime

82 minutes

Show Contents

0:00 Introduction with guest Jim Laczkowski

3:44 The New Slang: BEAU IS AFRAID

49:07 Spoiler Section

Thoughts from your host…

Movies like this are why I love discussing film.

I adore a film brazen enough to get ugly…to take me to the places I don’t like going and make me remember so very clearly why I don’t like going there. I like watching people who are not at all like me work through their shit, because it makes me feel like my own shit isn’t really all that shitty.

More than anything – I love when someone sits shotgun next to me as cinema takes me on these strange road trips. We can look out the windows and say

Is that…?
I think it is.
But it can’t…
And yet it is!…

Discussion doesn’t need to be about whether or not a film is good. It doesn’t even need to be about whether or not it made sense. At its best, film discussion is about what the art form makes us feel.

Afraid, amused, ashamed, anxious, intimidated, inspired…you feel it, let’s talk about it!

This film made me feel things – and it was clear from the hop that my guest felt plenty of his own feelings. I believe it made for a wonderful episode, and I hope it inspires some of you to track-down this weird, epic opus.

Whenever you do – come find me. I’d love to continue the conversation.

Links mentioned in Episode 305:

Matineecast 201 where we discussed HEREDITARY

Matineecast 227 where we discussed MIDSOMMAR

Jim’s Twitter feed can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome and thank you very much for listening.

Enjoy!

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