Movie: Ghost Dance

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pascale Ogier
Pascale Ogier

Pascale

Leonie Mellinger
Leonie Mellinger

Marianne

Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida

Himself

Stuart Brisley
Stuart Brisley

Action on Water

Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane

George

Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon

Salesman/Guide

Barbara Coles
Barbara Coles

of Woman

Archie Pool
Archie Pool

of Myths

Ken McMullen
Ken McMullen

of Man

Michael Mellinger
Michael Mellinger

of Marianne's Daydream

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    Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'

  • Release Date

    1983-12-15

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

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