Ari Aster wrote “Eddington” in a “state of fear and anxiety about the world”
“Over the last 20 years, we’ve fallen into this age of hyper-individualism. That social force that used to be central in liberal mass democracies — and agreed upon vision of the world — that is gone… pic.twitter.com/2uCrTSeDSL
— Variety (@Variety) May 17, 2025
Ari Aster is at Cannes and has this to say about the state of things in the US:
“I wrote this movie in a state of fear and anxiety. I wanted to try and pull back and show what it feels like to live in a world where nobody can agree on what is real anymore. I feel like for the last 20 years we’ve fallen into this age of hyper-individualism and that social force that used to be central in liberal mass democracies, which is an agreed-upon thing in the world, that is gone now. Covid felt like the moment where that link was finely cut for good. I feel like we’re on a dangerous road and we’re living in an experiment that hasn’t gone well, I feel there is no way out of it. What I said what mass liberal democracies always had, this fundamental agreement, we agree what we’re arguing about, that system was coming from power. So it’s not like suddenly like there’s this bad power out there. It’s always been there, but right now it’s chaos. I think people feel powerless. I’m looking desperately for hope, I said it earlier, and I’ll say it again, we need to re-engage with each other.”
