freakboy on film: A GHOST STORY

                        2017 

written & directed by David Lowery 

I'm waiting for someone. 

I could blog about how I had been wanting to see A GHOST STORY since last year.  I could carry on about how this beautiful, thought-provoking film was everything I wanted and a little more.  I could explain how the story takes the viewer to some unexpected places. 

I could blog about how strangely A GHOST STORY made me think of after death.  I could elaborate by saying that I hope the dead can't see or feel the pain left behind in their absence.  I could also go on to say that I hope we can't feel their pain because the living may not be the only ones in mourning. 

Instead, I want to blog about the odd thing which occurred while I was watching A GHOST STORY.  My sister and I were huddled around my tablet, quietly taking in the dream-like images before us.  My little, purple Bluetooth speaker was amplifying the phantasmagorical nature of this cinematic experience when the odd thing happened. 

Within the film, the ghost was having an emotional outburst, which caused the lights to burn brighter and books to be thrown from the shelves.  During this scene, the Bluetooth speaker started disconnecting and just as quickly reconnecting with my tablet.  The speaker's loud chime, indicating connection, binged four or five times in a row until I switched it and my tablet off and restarted the gadgets.  After that, everything ran smoothly and my sister and I experienced the rest of A GHOST STORY and thoroughly enjoyed it's haunting beauty. 

Afterwards we joked about the coincidence of the speaker acting up as the ghost was causing similar occurrences in the film.  I can't speak for my sister on this, but I fall into a grey area when it comes to supernatural and cryptozoology stuff.  I want to believe that Bigfoot is walking around isolated locations, that alien life forms are visiting Earth on a regular basis, that Nessie is lurking in a Scottish loch and that houses can be haunted.  Tragically, the multitude of ridiculous television programs centered on proving the paranormal has caused me to lean more towards the skeptical side.  

In other words, I really don't believe a ghost was responsible for the speaker glitch.  It was fun to acknowledge the spooky timing with the scenes on-screen, but I slept just fine that night.  However, if it was a ghost, then A GHOST STORY makes me wonder who exactly it was fiddling with my speaker. 

Thank you for reading or listening to my half-blind film review.

Freak Out, 

JLH

P.S.  Here is a previous half-blind, supernatural film review...

https://freakboyzone.blogspot.com/2018/06/freakboy-on-film-let-me-in-great-hammer.html