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Midsommar
''Midsommar'' is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. The film stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a dysfunctional couple who travel to Sweden with a group of friends for a midsummer festival, only to find themselves in the clutches of a sinister cult practicing Scandinavian paganism. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists. While elements of the original concept remain in the final product, the film's plot centers on a deteriorating relationship, inspired by a difficult breakup which Aster himself experienced. The soundtrack, composed by British electronic musician Bobby Krlic (better known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak), takes inspiration from Nordic folk music. The film was shot on location in Budapest in the summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haxan Cloak
Bobby Krlic (born 20 December 1985), known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, artist, music producer and musician. The Haxan Cloak has released two full-length albums (2011's ''The Haxan Cloak'' and 2013's '' Excavation''). As a producer, Krlic has worked with artists including Björk, Father John Misty, Khalid, Troye Sivan, Goldfrapp, serpentwithfeet and The Body. He has also composed several soundtracks, credited under his real name, including Ari Aster's 2019 horror film ''Midsommar,'' and television series ''Snowpiercer'', ''Angel of Darkness'' and ''Reprisal''. Early life and education Krlic was born and raised in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.Larry Fitzmaurice“Rising: The Haxan Cloak,”Pitchfork, 21 February 2013. He is of Serbian descent. He studied music and visual arts at the University of Brighton.Nick Johnstone“Interview: The Haxan Cloak,” '' The Stool Pigeon'', 8 January 2013. Music career The Haxan Cloak releases Krlic's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Aster
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for writing and directing the horror films ''Hereditary'' (2018) and ''Midsommar'' (2019). Early life Aster was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 15, 1986, the son of a musician father and a poet mother. He has a younger brother. He recalled going to see his first movie, ''Dick Tracy'', when he was four years old. The film featured a scene where a character fired a tommy gun in front of a wall of fire. Aster reportedly jumped from his seat and "ran six New York City blocks" while his mother tried to catch him. In his early childhood, Aster's family briefly lived in England, where his father opened a jazz nightclub in Chester. Aster enjoyed living there, but the family returned to the U.S. and settled in New Mexico when he was 10 years old. As a child, Aster became obsessed with horror films, frequently renting them from local video stores: "I just exhausted the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh ( ; born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut in 2014 in the drama film ''The Falling (2014 film), The Falling''. Pugh gained recognition in 2016 for her leading role as a young bride in the independent drama ''Lady Macbeth (film), Lady Macbeth'', winning a BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, British Independent Film Award. After starring in the 2018 television film ''King Lear (2018 film), King Lear'', she drew praise for her leading role in the miniseries ''The Little Drummer Girl (TV series), The Little Drummer Girl'' and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award that year. Pugh's international breakthrough came in 2019 with her portrayals of professional wrestler Paige (wrestler), Paige in the biographical sports film ''Fighting with My Family'', a despondent American woman in the horror film ''Midsommar'', and Amy March in the period drama ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsummer
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr St John the Baptist, and the observance of St John's Day begins the evening before, known as Saint John's Eve. These are commemorated by many Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and Anglican Communion, as well as by freemasonry. In Sweden, the Midsummer is such an important festivity that there have been proposals to make the Midsummer's Eve the National Day of Sweden, instead of June 6. In Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Midsummer's festival is a public holiday. In Denmark and Norway, it may also be referred to as St. Hans Day. History Saint John's Day, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, was established by the undivided Christian Church in the 4th century AD, in honour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor (born 23 January 1992) is an Irish-American actor. His notable roles include the films ''What Richard Did'', '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', '' Glassland'', ''Macbeth'', ''Sing Street'', and ''Midsommar'', as well as the series '' Strange Angel'' and ''The Peripheral''. Early life Reynor was born on 23 January 1992 in Longmont, Colorado, the son of an Irish mother and American father. He has a younger brother and sister. He initially lived in Boulder with his mother, human rights activist Tara, but moved with her to the Irish village of Valleymount when he was two years old.Tara Brady"Wandering Jack" ''The Irish Times'', 8 December 1012 He attended primary school in Valleymount and spent his formative years there with his mother and maternal grandparents. His interest in acting began when he played an altar boy on the set of ''Country'', directed by Kevin Liddy, in 1999. He moved to Dublin in 2004 to attend Belvedere College, a private Jesuit school, where he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Poulter
William Jack Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is a British actor. He first gained recognition for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the fantasy adventure film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (2010). He received critical praise for his starring role in the comedy film ''We're the Millers'' (2013), for which he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Poulter starred in the dystopian science fiction film ''The Maze Runner'' (2014) and the sequel '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'' (2018), the period epic film '' The Revenant'' (2015), the crime drama film ''Detroit'' (2017), the interactive science fiction film '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018), and the folk horror film ''Midsommar'' (2019). In 2021, he had a leading role in the Hulu miniseries '' Dopesick'', for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Early life Poulter was born on 28 January 1993 in Hammersmith, London, the son of Neil P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsummer
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr St John the Baptist, and the observance of St John's Day begins the evening before, known as Saint John's Eve. These are commemorated by many Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and Anglican Communion, as well as by freemasonry. In Sweden, the Midsummer is such an important festivity that there have been proposals to make the Midsummer's Eve the National Day of Sweden, instead of June 6. In Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Midsummer's festival is a public holiday. In Denmark and Norway, it may also be referred to as St. Hans Day. History Saint John's Day, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, was established by the undivided Christian Church in the 4th century AD, in honour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jackson Harper
William Fitzgerald Harper (born February 8, 1980), known professionally as William Jackson Harper, is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his role as Chidi Anagonye on the NBC comedy ''The Good Place'' (2016–2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2022, he starred in a lead role in the comedy mystery series '' The Resort''. Early life William Fitzgerald Harper was born on February 8, 1980, in Dallas, Texas. Harper grew up in Garland, Texas, and attended Lakeview Centennial High School. He graduated from the College of Santa Fe in 2003. Harper chose the stage name "William Jackson Harper" when registering for the Actors' Equity Association; most variations of "William Harper" were already in use, and he thought that "Fitzgerald" was too long. He then decided to honor his mother by using her maiden name, "Jackson", as his stage middle name. Career Harper made his NY stage debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawel Pogorzelski
Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-born Canadian cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster. Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2. He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication. He moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory. Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film '' Hereditary'', directed by Ari Aster. They would work together again on the 2019 film ''Midsommar'', for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film ''Nobody'' and the Hulu horror film ''False Positive''. In 2022, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film ''Blue Beetle''. Filmography References External linksPawel Pogorzelskiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Horror
Folk horror is a subgenre of horror film that uses elements of folklore to invoke fear and foreboding. Typical elements include a rural setting, isolation, and themes of superstition, folk religion, paganism, sacrifice and the dark aspects of nature. Although related to supernatural horror film, folk horror usually focuses on the beliefs and actions of people rather than the supernatural, and often deals with naïve outsiders coming up against these. The British films '' Blood on Satan's Claw'' (1971), ''The Wicker Man'' (1973) and ''Witchfinder General'' (1968) are widely known examples. Other notable films the Swedish film ''Häxan'' (1922) and the British ''Night of the Demon'' (1957). Southeast Asian cinema also commonly features folk horror. Background Literature The cultural evolutionism of E. B. Tylor and James Frazer and the witch-cult hypothesis of Margaret Murray influenced a series of Victorian and Edwardian writers, who introduced ideas of pagan survivals in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Knudsen (producer)
Lars Knudsen is a Danish film producer. In 2004, he and producer Jay Van Hoy founded Parts & Labor, a production company dedicated to director-driven, collaborative filmmaking. Parts & Labor has produced more than 20 films including '' Frank & Lola, The Witch'', ''American Honey'', ''Ain't Them Bodies Saints'', and ''Beginners,'' and help bring their stories to life for directors like Andrea Arnold or Robert Eggers''.'' In 2016, after 15 years, Knudsen and Van Hoy decided to part ways. Prior to the release of ''Midsommar'' in June of 2019, Knudsen and director Ari Aster announced the launch of their new production company, Square Peg. Knudsen is best known for his work with ''Midsommar'' (2019), ''Hereditary'' (2018), and ''The Witch'' (2015). Selected filmography * ''Old Joy'' (2006) * ''Wild Tigers I Have Known'' (2006) * ''Gretchen'' (2006) * '' Treeless Mountain'' (2008) * ''Lovely, Still'' (2008) * '' The Exploding Girl'' (2009) * ''Cold Weather'' (2010) * '' Shit Year'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Madekwe
Archie Uchena Madekwe (born 10 February 1995) is an English actor. He was named a 2017 '' Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow. He is best known for his roles in the Apple TV+ series '' See'' (2019–2022) and A24’s cult horror film ''Midsommar''. Early life and education Madekwe was born in South London. His parents divorced when he was young. At 14 he started studying Theatre at the BRIT School. Later, he also joined the National Youth Theatre. He continued his studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and left early when he was cast in Ian Rickson’s ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' by Edward Albee on the West End opposite Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. Career Madekwe made his television debut in 2014 with a guest appearance in an episode of the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. He then played Luca in two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy-drama '' Fresh Meat'' in 2016. In 2017, Madekwe made his West End debut in ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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