Grief is merely a part of the historical canvas

Jaylon 2022-04-20 09:02:06

"A Ghost Story" reminds us that we are both wildly insignificant and unbelievably important in the same moment. When considered against the grand canvas of history, both past and present, our actions can't be deemed essential to an understanding of humanity's greater issues . There were likely people in your house before you were there, and there will likely be people there after you die. And yet considering ourselves as mere specks on the timeline of existence misses the power of the little moments in our lives. Our actions are both insignificant and essential ... at the same time. Lowery's film captures something about our place in the greater scheme of the world and the beauty of the moment in a way that feels completely fresh and unbelievably moving.This isn't a movie so much about grief—we've had a lot of those lately—as it's about understanding the greater ebb and flow of human existence. Grief is merely a part of the historical canvas.

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Extended Reading
  • Anderson 2022-04-24 07:01:16

    The last third is a bit interesting, and the whole is too pretentious. I wanted to make Bresson's time spanning and non-dialogue narrative, Ozu's door frame, Hou Haoxian Tarkovsky's medium and long focal length long shots, but only made it into a form, and made a short film in 90 minutes. Rooney Mara can speak with eyes in Carroll, here is pale. Good science fiction uses rigorous logic for deep philosophical thinking, and that man's nihilism is a cliché

  • Lessie 2022-03-24 09:02:41

    After watching my face full of black question marks, the film review is more touching than the film

A Ghost Story quotes

  • M: When I was little and we used to move all the time, I'd write these notes and I would fold them up really small. And I would hide them.

    C: What'd they say?

    M: They're just things I wanted to remember so that if I ever wanted to go back, there'd be a piece of me there waiting.

  • M: What is it you like about this house so much?

    C: History.