Midsommar (2019)

Anders Beckman: Arne

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• Arne : [laughs]  No. No, no. Uh Ruben was - a product of inbreeding. All of our oracles are deliberate products of inbreeding.

• Arne : Where is your friend? Yosh?

  Christian : I know, ah... We have no idea.

  Arne : He, and your other friend - They both disappears the same day. You see how it looks?

• Arne : He draws, and we, the Elders, interpret. You see Yosh, Ruben is unclouded by normal cognition. It makes him open, for the source.

• Arne : Let's hope - it gets - returned.

  Christian : I hope so too.

  Pelle : I feel responsible.

  Arne : Well, you and - Odd, you can go lookin' for them!

  Pelle : Yes.

  Arne : Maybe you can redeem this!

  Stev : You - are going with the women for the day's activity...

  Dani : Oh! Hi.

  Stev : [to Christian]  And, uh Siv - wants to see you in her house.

• Arne : We describe it like emotional sheet music.

  Josh : What does it say?

  Arne : Well, each runic letter stands for one of the sixteen affekts, which are graded from most holy to most unholy. This one, for example, is about grief. You can see at the end, however, we have blank pages. This is because the Rubi Radr is a work forever in progress. Forever evolving. We have many, many hundreds of these.

  Josh : And who decides what gets added?

  Arne : Well, this iteration is being written by Ruben.

  Josh : Uh, the disabled...

  Arne : Since birth. He draws, and we the Elders interpret. You see, Josh, Ruben is unclouded by normal cognition. It makes him open for the source.

  Josh : Uh... what happens when Ruben... dies? Do you just wait for a baby that is... not clouded?

  Arne : No, no, no. Ruben was a product of inbreeding. All of our oracles are deliberate products of inbreeding.

  Josh : Can I take a photograph?

  Arne : What?

  Josh : Uh, a photograph?

  Arne : No! Absolutely not.

  Josh : Okay, sorry.