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This piece was originally published in April.
We are recirculating it now thatBeau Is Afraidis available on digital.
Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending ofBeau Is Afraid.
Beau and his many fears have been with Ari Aster for more than a decade.
Beauwas written in a hurry.
He uploaded the short to his Vimeo account, where it sat mostly unnoticed for several years.
The first draft ofBeau Is Afraidwas completed in 2014, long before Asters debut feature,Hereditary.
humor of his early work.
And that sensibility comes back full bore inBeau Is Afraid.
Asters knack for manipulating horrific situations to comedic effect also comes through in theBeaushort.
When he returns, both his keys and his suitcase are gone.
We learn Beau was on his way to the airport to visit his mother when the incident happened.
(Mayo died in 2019 at the age of 51.)
But Beaus massive balls?
Yeah, those are in there.
