I believe in Ari Aster‘s Disappointment Blvd.. Partly (mostly?) because there’s something about that title. And I believe in the idea of it playing next month in Cannes, even if IndieWire‘s Eric Kohn is right (not ready**) and Jordan Ruimy is wrong (likely competition). Even if I suspect that it’ll disappoint or weird me out in some way. Even if this is a fan poster, which I presume it is.
** I was very upset when I read Kohn’s prediction riff, which is partly a wish-list thing.
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