Hello
everyone,
For this Wednesday, we are showing an America
movie "A Ghost Story", directed by David Lowery
(more details below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: A Ghost Story
Date and Time: Wednesday, Oct. 11, 6:30-9
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: David Lowery
Partial List of Characters:
Casey Affleck
Rooney Mara
Sonia Acevedo
Carlos Bermudez
Yasmina Gutierrez
Will Oldham
US Rating: (I think it is PG13)
Language: English
Length: 92 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (by wikipedia.org)
"C (Casey Affleck) is a struggling musician
living with his wife M (Rooney Mara) in a small
suburban house in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
...One day, C is killed in a car accident just
outside his house. At the hospital, he awakens
as a ghost covered in a white sheet...C's ghost
leaves the hospital and returns to his house,
watching his wife grieve. He continues watching
her for days and weeks..."
My Comments:
Nicely done and acted. It starts really slow,
almost testing the audience's patience, but it
picks up in the middle. It is not a horror
flick, but instead a surreal exploration
of love and mourning. Not for everyone, but
can be an interesting exploration of after-life.
The choice of having the ghost represented by
a sheet with two eyes can be distracting at
first, even hokey...but I got used to it fast
and found it worked well for the narrative
(because other alternatives of better special
effects can be distracting or annoying as well).
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