Ghost Dance
1983 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 146 VOTES · DIR. Ken McMullen
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.'
Dialogue Timeline — 524 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 When two people have intercourse, there are always four people watching.
00:06:15 Why do I wake up so often in the night with the feeling that they're watching me?
00:10:01 I moved lots of times since then.
00:12:13 A voice in a recorder.
00:15:31 Their crushing weight turned into a tidal wave.
00:23:59 At first I could see myself clearly, as if I was standing in front of a mirror.
00:27:29 on a film about cargo cults of the Far East.
00:29:58 To fall is to enter a darkness, darker than all the places in your dreams,
00:32:57 Suddenly, a big black bird flew out of the sky.
00:36:00 Nick it, swipe it, win it, con it.
00:38:15 - D for Dynamite. - D for Despair.
00:41:50 He's a fucking nutcase.
00:44:09 - They fought from grave to grave. - No shit!
00:46:12 Why did you come to London?
00:55:54 In one area, there was a snake cult,
00:58:04 I thought you'd given all that up, for adventure.
01:01:56 Which I'm not paid for, by the way, I just get paid to press the buttons.
01:04:21 A mirror that refuses to confirm existence.
01:06:06 Is it about rising above excitement and falling beneath despair?
01:07:43 No, they don't pay her.
01:10:00 like a court-fucking-jester.
01:13:09 The jaguar said he's show them, and they encouraged him to begin.
01:16:26 I wish it was summer now.
01:38:22 Subtitles: kikil@kg.
Cast & Characters
Pascale Ogier
Pascale
Leonie Mellinger
Marianne
Jacques Derrida
Himself
Stuart Brisley
Action on Water
Robbie Coltrane
George
Dominique Pinon
Salesman/Guide
Barbara Coles
of Woman
Archie Pool
of Myths
Ken McMullen
of Man
Michael Mellinger
of Marianne's Daydream
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed524
Dialogue density5.2 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:38:22
Production Record
DirectorKen McMullen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes146
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