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Depending on who you are, the COVID pandemic may feel all too recent or like a lifetime ago… or perhaps both at once!
Ari Aster’s new film Eddington takes viewers back to the start of it all, taking place in May of 2020 at the height of the lockdown period in the U.S., centered on a small (fictional) town in New Mexico.
The core of the film centers on a clash between local Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and incumbent Eddington Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), amid the turmoil of the pandemic as people fought over mask mandates, social distancing, and conspiracy theories.
Eddington explores the all-too-familiar dynamic of the COVID pandemic through the lens of life in a small community, which at times feels isolated from the world around them, but also suddenly becomes the center of the world’s attention by the end.
In this month’s edition of The Bigger Picture, where Houston Matters explores social and cultural topics in film, we explore what Eddington has to say about discourse after COVID and how small town residents see themselves fitting into the larger world.
In the audio above, producer Joshua Zinn talks with Houston Film Critics Society President Travis Leamons and Community Impact Editor Lizzy Spangler.
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