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The Extended Director’s Cut of ‘Midsommar’ Will Be Exclusively Released for Apple TV
Ari Aster‘s Midsommar is arriving on Digital and On Demand September 24 from A24, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) and DVD October 8 from Lionsgate, but there’s only one place you’ll be able to watch the extended Director’s Cut that was released in theaters this past weekend. The home video release of the Director’s Cut is exclusive to Apple TV.
The iTunes store notes, “Your purchase of Midsommar comes with Ari Aster’s extended and unrated director’s cut, exclusive to Apple TV. Plus go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of Midsommar in an exclusive featurette, and watch the creation of Hälsingland in time-lapse footage of the elaborate and meticulous set construction.”
This “iTunes Extra” content will be available with the digital release on September 24.
Julieann Stipidis reviewed the 171-minute Director’s Cut for us, writing:
“After witnessing the more comprehensive version of Aster’s vision in this (nearly) three-hour film, I’m happy to say I prefer this cut in spades.”
Thanks to reader Mike Heidbreder for the heads up.
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.
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