How ‘Midsommar’ Takes a Bad Trip | Anatomy of a Scene

Before the new horror film “Midsommar” creeps you out, it first tries to freak you out. In this scene, after arriving in rural Sweden, the lead character Dani (Florence Pugh) has agreed to take mushrooms under pressure from her boyfriend's friends. She’s recently suffered the kind of trauma that likely (definitely) won’t be soothed by hallucinogens. With the sequence, the writer and director Ari Aster wanted to put audiences into the mind-altering point of view of a character on mushrooms. In narration, he discusses how he and his visual effects team achieved the scene’s moments of warping, morphing and disorientation. Read the review here: https://nyti.ms/2Yv9M03 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ---------- Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch.