The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

Connecticut. Autumn. A screen door slamming. Affluent suburban life appears normal, until the son's perverse desires toward his father surface. This short is early Aster, for those who like their Oedipal psychodramas extra-dark.

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Ari Aster directed The Strange Thing About the Johnsons in 2011. See Ari Aster's full filmography, where to start with Ari Aster, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ari Aster.

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons was released in 2011 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 30 minutes.