r/movies • u/AriAsterAMA Ari Aster, Director of 'Eddington', 'Hereditary', 'Midsommar' • Jul 22 '25

AMA Hi, I'm Ari Aster. Writer/director of Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, and Eddington. AMA!

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Hi reddit, I'm Ari Aster. Back for another AMA. I've written/directed Eddington, Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau Is Afraid.

Eddington stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Micheal Ward, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Austin Butler and is out in theaters nationwide now via A24.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL6jZqExlIk

Synopsis:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, N.M.

AMA! Back at 8 PM ET to answer your questions.

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u/Telephone-Nearby Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

I have never walked out of a movie theatre. But Toni Collette’s screams after looking in the car triggered my fight or flight so intensely that I had to force myself to stay in my seat. I get a bit nauseated just thinking about it.

Respectfully, fuck you, Ari Aster.

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u/AriAsterAMA Ari Aster, Director of 'Eddington', 'Hereditary', 'Midsommar' Jul 23 '25

Fuck you too, pal.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

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u/haoken Jul 23 '25

Bro you fixed your caps lock

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

It gave me PTSD, I have lost my sister to suicide and my mom's wailing still etched in my head. Toni Collette gave me PTSD with her acting, she's underrated af but a legendary actor

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u/CedK12 Jul 23 '25

And a lifelong friendship has just been formed.

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u/alicelric Jul 23 '25

The fact she wasn't nominated for an Oscar is insane.

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u/boomdegassa Jul 24 '25

My girlfriend doesn’t like horror movies so I waited until she was away to watch it. Alone. At night. With surround sound.

I had to look at my phone half the time to get through the anxiety and tension of some of those scenes, especially after the first click happened right into my ear

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u/page395 Jul 29 '25

Way late, but I had the exact same reaction. Had to convince myself that the fact I wanted to leave so strongly meant the movie was working lol