Ari Aster Picks His Favorite Shots from Hereditary, Midsommar, and More | My Best Shots

With his new movie, Eddington, Ari Aster sat down with CineFix to talk about his favorite shots and sequences from all his films, including Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid, Eddington, as well a his favorite shot from a movie he didn’t make.

In this Ari Aster interview, he talks about his process behind developing his shot list for Hereditary and the important lessons he learned while shooting the elevated horror film that A24 has become known for, along with Ari Aster. Hereditary has a lot of very long takes, which Ari breaks down, giving us some Hereditary behind-the-scenes information on his favorite shot.

We also talked about Midsommar. Ari Aster made his follow up to Hereditary in 2019 with Florence Pugh. In this Midsommar explainer, Ari Aster discusses how he developed certain Midsommar scenes and what was crucial to the camera movements to keep them interesting.

This Ari Aster movie also talks about his collaboration with Joaquin Phoenix on Beau is Afraid, as well as his new film Eddington.

Lastly, Ari picks his favorite shot from someone else’s movie and talks about the effect its had on him as a director.

For all things A24 movies, Ari Aster, and My Best Shots, be sure to subscribe to CineFix.