Day #7 of the 30 Days of Halloween Meme
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shadowkatDay #7 of the 30 Days of Halloween Meme.
Prompt:
A film, television series, book or song about ghosts that you liked
This is perhaps the best film about ghosts that I've seen. It's minimalist like all of Robert Wise's films. Wise did West Side Story and Andromeda Strain - and was a master at minimalism and realism in film. He understated special effects, and provided suggestion.
The ghost story as psychological thriller.
Prompt:
A film, television series, book or song about ghosts that you liked
This is perhaps the best film about ghosts that I've seen. It's minimalist like all of Robert Wise's films. Wise did West Side Story and Andromeda Strain - and was a master at minimalism and realism in film. He understated special effects, and provided suggestion.
The ghost story as psychological thriller.
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Date: 2020-10-08 03:11 am (UTC)This is one of my earliest memories of British television (along with The Prisoner), a whimsical detective series about a hard bitten p.i. and his partner--a ghost that only he can see. Great buddy chemistry between Mike Pratt (Jeff Randall) and Kenneth Cope (Marty Hopkirk), but the series also mined dramatic conflict with Jeff keeping Marty's presence a secret from Marty's widow (Annette Andre).
Revived in 2000 with Fourth Doctor Tom Baker as a regular and David Tennant and Alexis Denisof as guest stars--but it could never quite duplicate the charm of the original:
https://youtu.be/9y9Qqu4jeBU
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Date: 2020-10-08 11:49 pm (UTC)