{"id":3540,"date":"2018-06-10T18:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/06\/10\/hereditary-director-ari-asters-early-short-films-set-the-stage-for-his-haunting-debut-feature-watch\/"},"modified":"2018-06-10T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T18:21:20","slug":"hereditary-director-ari-asters-early-short-films-set-the-stage-for-his-haunting-debut-feature-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/06\/10\/hereditary-director-ari-asters-early-short-films-set-the-stage-for-his-haunting-debut-feature-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hereditary\u2019 Director Ari Aster\u2019s Early Short Films Set the Stage for His Haunting Debut Feature \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hereditary<\/a>” is Ari Aster<\/a>’s feature debut as a writer\/director, but it’s far from his first time behind the camera.\u00a0He also has six shorts to his name, several of which can be found online.\u00a0Best known and most controversial is his 30-minute “The Strange Thing About the Johnsons,” which Aster began working on while at the American Film Institute Conservatory.<\/p>\n

An official selection of both the New York and Slamdance film festivals, it’s now a Vimeo Staff Pick and has drawn mixed reactions due to its taboo familial subject matter \u2014 sound familiar?<\/p>\n