A Ghost Story

Movies watched in 2022 (240 movies items)

" 02/03/22 4/10 "

A good movie

“Not so long ago, I saw ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saint’ so I was quite eager to see this directing follow-up from David Lowery, once again starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Well, it took some guts from Lowery to go for the goofiest depiction of a ghost you could imagine. However, it was apparently not enough and, to make things even more difficult for him, he also picked up the most derivative tittle ever. As a result, even though it was another critical success, it didn’t get much love after all which was hardly surprising. Well, as far as I was concerned, the damned thing was actually often quite spellbinding. Indeed, it wasn’t scary like 1000’s of horror movies dealing with ghosts and it wasn’t romantic either like ‘Ghost’. Basically, it was a really metaphysical ghost ” read more

Watched in 2022 (57 movies items)

"21.1. Toinen katselukerta. Loweryn transsendentaalinen tapa käsitellä menetyksen traumaa resonoi joka solussa. Representatio siitä, kuinka ihminen elää menetyksen jälkeen ja millainen merkitys vainajalle elämisellä todella onkaan, ihastuttaa ja puhuttaa todella. Kummitushahmon pysähtyneisyys, leikkaukset ajan halki, hitaat kamera-ajot, pitkät otokset palvelevat teemaa upeasti."

“Slowness or appropiate tempo? Both. Terror finds density, evocative power, non gorish; home based, with country nearby, nighto dominant stuff. Good film...” read more