Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’: A Sharp Satire on Pandemic Life

TL;DR
Ari Aster, the director of 'Eddington,' wrote the film during the 2020 pandemic and BLM protests, inspired by his negative experiences with social media, which he depicts as having explosive consequences through his characters' conspiracy-driven online diets.
- 'Eddington' Director Ari Aster Couldn’t Stand ‘Living in the Internet.’ So He Made a Movie About It WIRED
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- “Eddington” Is a Lethally Self-Satisfied COVID Satire The New Yorker
- Controversial Pandemic Movie 'Eddington' Finally Gets a Rotten Tomatoes Score Yahoo
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