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- Aster ultimately devised a plot in which the two central characters are experiencing relationship tensions verging on a breakup, and wrote the surrounding screenplay around this theme. He described the result as "a breakup movie dressed in the clothes of a folk horror film."
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Jul 11, 2019 · The horrifying ‘Midsommar’ is a breakup movie, according to director Ari Aster. By Sonia Rao. July 11, 2019 at 2:03 p.m. EDT. Florence Pugh, left, and Jack Reynor as Dani and Christian in...
While elements of the original concept remain in the final product, the finished film focuses on a deteriorating relationship inspired by a difficult breakup experienced by Aster himself. The film's soundtrack , composed by the British electronic musician Bobby Krlic , takes inspiration from Nordic folk music .
Jul 7, 2019 · If “Midsommar” has one principal surprise, it’s the story’s forthrightness. Aster’s sophomore feature is, in his own words, a “breakup movie” about a bad boyfriend. Not a disgraceful monster, just a workaday bad boyfriend.
Jul 2, 2019 · That’s Midsommar, a horror movie about the worst break-up in cinematic history. For those who may still be lost on what director Ari Aster (who scared us half to death last year in...
Jul 4, 2019 · July 3, 2019 6:46 PM PT. As exacting and detailed as Ari Aster is as a filmmaker, he’s surprisingly low-key about how to pronounce the title of his new film, “Midsommar.” While he, as many do,...
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Nov 28, 2020 · By Mike Bedard on November 28, 2020. Midsommar is Ari Aster’s haunting folk horror film that stunned audiences in 2019. The movie follows a group of college students who travel to a pagan festival in Sweden and get caught up in a terrifying ordeal.
Jul 3, 2019 · But though Aster has described the harrowing Hereditary as a family drama pulled from feelings about his own life, and Midsommar as a breakup movie written in the throes of heartbreak, he’s...
