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Ghost Dance (1983)

Ghost Dance (1983)

Drama Documentary
Release Date: 1983, December 15
Directors: Ken McMullen
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Production: Channel 4 Television, Channel 4 Television, ZDF, ZDF
Cast: Jacques Derrida, Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Coles, Dominique Pinon, Michael Mellinger, Archie Pool, Leonie Mellinger, Pascale Ogier

Overview:

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.'

Keywords:

paris, france london, england photographic memory