Ari Aster’s Eddington Journey: Nazi Twitter Burner Accounts, Covid as Satire & Isolation

Living through a deadly plague as we watched the country descend into political violence on our screens might've left us with some...unresolved issues. Director Ari Aster sits down with Jon to break down his new dark comedy, “Eddington,” which depicts the violent unraveling of a small town as it faces pandemic, polarization, and AI proliferation.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:15 Ari Aster on Making a Film Set in 2020
11:20 Ad Break
14:53 The Difference Between Online Discourse and Real Life
21:15 The Politics of Eddington
28:55 Ad Break
32:00 Have Performative Politics Ruined Everything?
36:35 The Threat of Political Violence
38:50 The Threat of AI and What Happens Next

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Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive

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