Making ‘Midsommar,’ A Deep Dive Into the Movie Freakout of the Year | Interview

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🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Chris Ryan joins to discuss ‘Midsommar,’ Ari Aster’s shocking Swedish nightmare follow up to his debut horror hit ‘Hereditary’ (1:00). Then, Aster comes by to talk about the challenges of making a horror film set exclusively in the daylight, the pressure of following ‘Hereditary,’ and what he’s doing next (14:47). Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Chris Ryan and Ari Aster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:03.5	This week on TheRinger.com, our staff is ranking the 100 Best Moments in Culture So
0:07.8	Far in 2019.
0:09.4	This includes everything that happened in film, TV, celebrity news, meme-dom, and more.
0:14.4	Carrying the top 100 so far are JLo and AdWords engagement, The Rise of Lizzo, and The Cliff
0:19.6	Wife phenomenon.
0:20.6	Also, be sure to listen and subscribe to Ringer Dish, our new celebrity podcast, and catch
0:25.2	the latest episode covering their favorite moments from this year in pop culture.
0:29.3	You can subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:49.6	Join us today by Chris Ryan.
0:50.6	Hello, Chris.
0:51.6	That's up, man.
0:52.6	Chris, you're here because you and I saw the movie Midsomar together.
0:55.3	Later in the show, I'll have a conversation with the writer-director of Midsomar, Ari Astor.
1:00.4	You may know him from his also deeply depraved film, Hereditary.
1:03.7	He is back to make us very upset and excited.
1:06.5	And I got to tell you, I was really quite impressed and kind of blown away by Midsomar.
1:11.6	What did you make of the movie?
1:13.6	Not what I expected, very, very sly and funny in a weird way, and one of those, like,
1:21.2	going to have to just get my feet back underneath in me after it's over endings.
1:26.1	So ultimately, kind of blown away by it, but I just think that it's not going to be what
1:31.2	people are expecting going into it.
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