Perfectly weighted in its exploration of heady themes such as loss, mourning, and time, A Ghost Story is an unconventional but riveting take on the supernatural.
Most of the film we follow our main character, C, under his autopsy sheet with holes cut our for eyes as he ends up haunting the land his house stands on throughout time.
Shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio, the screen is almost postcard like leading to lots of tight and claustrophobic shots which grows the trapped and frustrated themes explored through the ghost unable to move on.
The scenes are often long (one scene of the wife eating a pie lasts about six minutes in one unbroken shot) but never lead to boredom, instead they entrance and soak you in the feeling of time flickering from agonised lingering to quick cuts of years gone by.
It's hard to talk about the plot without spoilers, but, as the film progresses, the ethereal and fantastical feel only develops to the masterful ending that makes you quietly reflect on how we imprint ourselves on locations
- 9/10
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