“There are certain filmmakers that I would describe as liberating influences. People whose work kind of allows you to shake off some of the rules that I think you get saddled with as you get going,” said Ari Aster . “And I don’t like prescriptive art. I like difficult work.”

In heartfelt comments at a round table devoted to Rebecaa Miller’s Mr. Scorsese , which premiered this weekend at the New York Film Festival , Aster praised the five-part documentary from Apple TV+. “As somebody who has made a couple films that were divisive. It’s helpful to remember, oh, right, The King of Comedy wasn’t well received. Like, what? The Age of Innocence was disappointing? And even New York, New York , to me is such a f-king exciting, playful, experimental, beautiful film. It’s so, so muc

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