Ari Aster Offers New Mexico By Way Of NYC
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Ari Aster’s Eddington isn’t rooted in any actual feud or real historical events but emerged from his own lived experience during the early months of the COVID‑19 pandemic.
The film takes place in May 2020 in the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico, and becomes a battleground when Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) clashes with Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) over plans to bring an artificial intelligence data center to the community.
In the A24 horror auteur's Eddington, Joaquin Phoenix is a small-town sheriff struggling to keep the peace in a locked-down town.
For south Louisiana natives Blane Aranyosi and Kaleb Naquin, taking a few risks to pursue their dreams in film is worth it. Driving to New Mexico and paying for their hotels were small prices to pay when they got cast in the latest Ari Aster feature,