Midsommar (2019) - Go Team Video (EP. 49) Is Ari Aster a master?

<p>Spend your mid-day with the AMPM VIDEO crew as they talk <em><strong>Midsommar</strong></em> a 2019 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_horror" title="Folk horror">folk horror</a> film written and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Aster" title="Ari Aster">Ari Aster</a>. The film stars <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Pugh" title="Florence Pugh">Florence Pugh</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reynor" title="Jack Reynor">Jack Reynor</a> as a dysfunctional couple who travel to Sweden with a group of friends for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer" title="Midsummer">midsummer festival</a>, only to find themselves in the clutches of a sinister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult" title="Cult">cult</a> practicing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_Paganism" title="Norse Paganism">Scandinavian paganism</a>. Supporting actors include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Harper" title="William Jackson Harper">William Jackson Harper</a>, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Poulter" title="Will Poulter">Will Poulter</a>.</p> <p>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-production_(media)" title="Co-production (media)">co-production</a> between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">slasher film</a> set among Swedish cultists.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsommar#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a> While elements of the original concept remain in the final product, the &nbsp;film's plot centers on a deteriorating relationship, inspired by a &nbsp;difficult <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup" title="Breakup">breakup</a> which Aster himself experienced. The soundtrack, composed by British &nbsp;electronic musician Bobby Krlic (better known as his stage name <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haxan_Cloak" titl