Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar was the link movie connecting The Revenant and Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.
Linked through Will Poulter and Jack Reynor.
Both Will Poulter and Jack Reynor appeared in Midsommar.
About Midsommar
"Let the festivities begin."
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Directed by Ari Aster
Written by Ari Aster
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Score by Bobby Krlic
Aster wrote the film while listening to the Haxan Cloak's 2013 album Excavation and recruited the musician, credited as Bobby Krlic, to compose the score. Krlic began composing before filming, drew on Nordic folk music, collaborated closely with Aster, used diegetic music, and released the soundtrack via Milan Records on July 5, 2019.
Movie trivia
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B-Reel executives originally pitched Ari Aster a straightforward slasher set among Swedish cultists, but Aster reshaped the script into a folk-horror story centered on a deteriorating relationship inspired by his own difficult breakup.
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Aster and production designer Henrik Svensson visited Hälsingland and researched Hälsingegårds, May Day and midsummer traditions, and drew on spiritual movements like Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy and Theosophy to create the Hårga's folklore and sets.
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Although set in Sweden, the film was predominantly shot in the Budapest area of Hungary from July 30 to October 2018 due to financial constraints and Sweden's eight-hour daily shoot limit; select U.S. scenes were filmed in Brooklyn and Utah.
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Cast and crew endured an arduous shoot marked by extreme heat and abundant wasps; William Jackson Harper described the shoot as arduous, while Florence Pugh praised Aster for managing roughly 100–120 people and many multilingual extras.
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A24 auctioned props in April 2020, including the 10,000-silk-flower May Queen dress reportedly purchased by the Academy Museum for $65,000; proceeds, along with other sales (bear costume $4,760; mallet $10,000), raised over $100,000 for the FDNY Foundation.
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Ari Aster's original 171-minute director's cut premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on August 20, 2019, played in U.S. theaters the weekend of August 29, was an Apple TV exclusive on September 24, 2019, and saw select IMAX showings on June 20, 2024.
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