(Drivebycuriosity) - What happens in afterlife? Nobody knows, what gives room to a lot speculation. The movie "A Ghost Story" has an interesting take on the afterlife topic (imdb). A man got killed and exists furthermore as a ghost, watching how the world around him is changing.
Director David Lowery, who already had impressed with "Ain`t them Bodies Saints", created another little jewel. The film is very slow and the audience has time to observe the ghost. In the begin I was a bit irritated because the ghost was just someone covered with a white sheet - with two black holes for eyes - like a ghost in a children`s theater. But I got fast used to that and then it made sense. More and more I could see the world with the ghost`s eyes.
The plot follows an interesting philosophical idea but is very plausible & consistent (which one I don´t tell. This is a spoiler free Blog, but you can find a synopsis here wikipedia). It`s about grief and loss of course, but also a little bit surprising & humorous. Even though not much happened I was spellbound over the full length of the movie.
The superb cinematography (Andrew Droz Palermo) magnifies the intense of the
film by keeping most of the scenes in dark and painting them often in
ocher, grey & blue. I indulged into watching Rooney Mara ("Carol", "Social Network", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"). Her intensity and the power of eyes give the audience a
special experience.
"A Ghost Story" got what it takes to became a classic and a cult movie.
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