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How Did Beau Is Afraid' Land a Mariah Carey Song? Indies Have Their Ways.
Beau, the addled midlife wreck played by Joaquin Phoenix in Beau Is Afraid, isn't just afraid, he is terrorized: harassed, beaten, stabbed and even kidnapped in a surreal black comedy that often feels less like a conventional film than a three-hour panic attack.(In the hands of high-anxiety auteur Ari Aster, of Hereditary and Midsommar fame, consider that a compliment.)