Day #7 of the 30 Days of Halloween Meme

[shadowkat]

Day #7 of the 30 Days of Halloween Meme.

Prompt:

A film, television series, book or song about ghosts that you liked

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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.

Comments

[shadowkat]

It's hard to tell that it is a ghost story - you have to listen closely...her lover is dead, and she dreams he comes to her, after watching him move through the fair.

The original version is "She Moved Through the Fair" - Sinead flips the genders. What was left out of the poem was the line that the bride or in this case groom had died.

But it's almost more haunting with that line left out.

[atpo_onm]

This was the very first version of this song I had heard, by the lead singer of a band I had just recently discovered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb43-Q70olM

Speaking of the supernatural, if I actually believed in the afterlife, after meeting with my parents, the next person I'd long to meet and have a conversation with would be Sandy Denny. Oh lordy, that voice... and a stunningly gifted songwriter in addition.

Died tragically, way, way too soon, much like the person in "She moved...".

At least her music lives on.

[shadowkat]

That's probably why you don't believe in the supernatural - you seem to perceive it as some weird sort of wish fulfillment demon. LOL!

That's not how the universe works.

[atpo_onm]

Can't recall if it was Asimov or Sagan or someone else of that scientific level who made the comment, "The question isn't why are we here. The question is, why is anything here?"

Considering that the universe shouldn't even really exist, if one contemplates the basic principle of physics that something cannot emerge out of nothing... I'll take whatever I can get! :-)

[shadowkat]

Also, you should probably take into account that there are rival scientific theories out there - and scientific camps regarding the universe. There's the parallel string theorists and those who pretty much look at parallel string theory the same way you view ghosts.

Honestly, no one agrees on it.