My group threads have been flying off for the last few weeks, after I texted all my friends that Eddington was one of the three best movies of the year, and probably my favorite. This Western comedy is incredibly divisive, and a lot of people are upset at trying to discover what it all means. Well, I have my own opinions on that, but I think it's a better idea to get them straight from Aris Aster himself. Let's dive in. The Meaning of 'Eddington'I love when a director just breaks down everything they were thinking and why they made certain decisions. And I believe Ari Aster is one of our most open and honest filmmakers working today. It may shock you to find out that this movie is based a little bit on real life. The seeds were sown in the volatile atmosphere of May-June 2020. Aster found himself in New Mexico, scrolling through Twitter and sensing a palpable feeling of impending doom. It was this sense of a world on the brink that he sought to capture, a snapshot of a society grappling with immense uncertainty and division.And from there, he began to craft a story. Characters in a Divided WorldAt the heart of Eddington is Joaquin Phoenix's Joe Cross, a character Aster describes as a "vivid real person" with deeply held beliefs. Cross embodies what Aster says is a "libertarian shift in American politics," where the language of 1960s liberal activism has been co-opted and "distorted" by...
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