Ghost Dance

Ghost Dance

100 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 15, 1983

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.'

Ghost Dance

100 mins | Drama, Documentary | Dec. 15, 1983

Ghost Dance

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.'

IMDb rating	6.6
Producers	ZDF, Channel 4 Television
Original title	Ghost Dance
Directors	Ken McMullen
Writers

Cast

Pascale Ogier

as Pascale

Leonie Mellinger

as Marianne

Jacques Derrida

as Himself

Stuart Brisley

as Action on Water

Robbie Coltrane

as George

Dominique Pinon

as Salesman/Guide

Barbara Coles

as of Woman

Archie Pool

as of Myths

Ken McMullen

as of Man

Michael Mellinger

as of Marianne's Daydream