There is nothing more satisfying to me than a horror story that manipulates the protagonist into a contributing villain. Midsommar does this through the blinding daylight sequences that do not hide the horrors of this small Swedish community in an ancestral commune in the woods. The A24 daylight horror Midsommar, Ari Aster’s follow-up to his directorial debut Hereditary, took the world by storm, helping revive the folk horror genre while scaring us from stepping into the woods at any time of the day. Although Aster describes the horror film as “a breakup movie dressed in the clothes of a folk horror film” to Vulture, the film’s meaning is purposefully complex, creating conversations about what the film is trying to tell us about isolating grief and rebirth. Midsommar is distributing and difficult to watch since everyone is minutes away from a bad trip. Despite the heightened anxiety, the film is intriguing to watch, and it's always fun to discover the little ways the visual storytelling leads you through the story. There is a lot to explain, so let’s see if we can discover the meaning of all of the psychedelic horrors we experience in Midsommar.What does the ending of 'Midsommar' mean?“I keep telling people I want [the film] to be confusing,” Aster told Vox while discussing the strange story of Dani (Florence Pugh) and her seemingly endless struggle with grief. The events of the story are fairly easy to follow, but the ending is when things get a little wild,...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Saturday, 9 March, 2024