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Welcome to the Family continues on this week as we introduce you to some local customs and celebrations. This week, in honor of the season, we’re taking a look at Ari Aster’s follow up to Hereditary, the Florence Pugh-led Midsommar.
Time Stamps:
00:30 – Introductions and Synopsis
04:07 – Quick Midsommar Reviews
14:36 – Expanding the Syllabus
39:02 – Analysis
1:06:25 – Shelf or Trash
1:09:05 – Wrap up and Next Week’s Film
Celebrating Midsommar
Ari Aster made an immediate impact on the horror community with the 2018 spookfest, Hereditary. A year later, he returned with Midsommar, a movie that reflected the other side of his previous work in many ways — mainly, a heavy focus on light and daylight in juxtaposition to the darkness of Hereditary while still exploring familial trauma and grief.
On this week’s episode, we discuss moral relativism, form and religion, grief, the misuse of the word “cult”, Aster’s approach to mental health, and much more. So, join us please, as we dive into this grief-filled heavy horror film.
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