Eddington
How self-interested can we be? Another set of terrifying tales from the twisted mind of Ari Aster that's excellent and unsettling and hopefully far from the truth.
Movie · Home · Thriller · ~2.5 hours
Ari Aster is masterful at making unsettling films. This one is no different. It looks back at the COVID years in a small town and peels away layer after layer of hypocrisy, self-serving, and some of the more pathetic parts of the human condition.
What he gives us here is a depressing view into "both sides" with mayoral decision-making and mentally touched in the head families that I can only hope is far from the truth for most folks.
At the heart of it, it's another tale of identity and how self-interest drives decisions into some unusual directions. But this rendition has a touch of data centers and capitalism given the scope of the town-life for his story here.
I recommend regardless of the side of the fence you sit on. And sitting on the fence is uncomfortable, so I find it best to hop to each side to serve myself along with others who need it.
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