Man, it's so refreshing to have a director like Ari Aster working consistently in Hollywood. I'm very interested in the kinds of movies he makes and the way he sees the world. That's why I was pumped to see him sitting across from Sean Evans, the best interviewer of our time, talking about the movies that influenced his new movie, Eddington, and what other movies inspire him. Let's dive in. Ari Aster's Deep Dive on Himself Ari Aster is the director behind movies like Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau is Afraid. His new movie, Eddington, opens this week and is already getting the kind of reviews that make me so excited to see it. Eddington is set in the not-so-distant past of COVID 2020. It's a time when we all lost our minds. At its heart, Aster says Eddington is an empathetic look at individuals living in their own isolated worlds, a theme I think resonates with his previous works. Aster also revealed that the film acknowledges and plays with the tropes of the Western genre, with its main character being heavily influenced by some of the best Western movies..As someone who loves pastiche and playing with tropes, it really made me pumped to dive into this world with him. But what are the movies that influenced him? The Films That Made the FilmmakerThe real treat of the video is seeing Aster geek out over cinematic history. He delves into a treasure trove of archival materials, sharing his thoughts on films that...
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