Join us as we discuss Ari Aster’s tapestry of grief. We consider the foreigner’s perspective, the dynamics of exploitation, and the inability to respect what lies beyond one’s understanding. Midsommar emerges as a film of excess, where deliberately painful pacing becomes its own form of endurance. Conspiracy, religiosity, and predestination weave together to create a distorted reality.
We reflect on the ways high school melodrama echoes within ritual and tragedy. Moments are placed under the microscope, made unbearable by the vulnerability of grief. Parallels unfold between death and breaking up, between foreshadow and grieving. At the center stands a woman’s pain, both intimate and communal. Through it all, Aster exercises restraint, allowing the horror to arrive not in sudden shocks, but in lingering inevitability. Please enjoy.
Midsommar (2019)
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