The 171 minute director’s cut of Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR (you can watch the theatrical cut, which is 20+ minutes shorter than the director’s cut, RIGHT HERE) was released on Blu-ray in the UK last year, but in the US it was an AppleTV exclusive. Now there’s some good news for US-based fans of MIDSOMMAR who have been hoping to get their hands on a physical copy of the director’s cut – A24 is bringing it to Blu-ray in the US and will start shipping it out on July 20th. Copies can be pre-ordered directly from A24.
The price is $45, so I don’t think this is going to end up in my personal collection.
This special collector’s edition of the director’s cut is available in both 4K UHD and Standard HD. It comes with a clothbound slipcase and a 62 page booklet “featuring foreword by Martin Scorsese and original artworks from the film”. The video in this Twitter embed gives a preview:
Starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor, MIDSOMMAR delves into “Scandinavian folk horror” to tell an “apocalyptic breakup” story that has the following synopsis:
Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
Will Poulter, Vilhem Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Ellora Torchia, and Archie Madekwe are also in the cast.