<em>A Ghost Story</em> Is a Haunting Modern Fable
David Lowery’s new film stars Casey Affleck as an old-fashioned ghost who can’t leave his life behind.
by David Sims
Jul 06, 2017
3 minutes
The unnamed protagonist of looks like a melancholic cartoon character: a figure in a white sheet that extends past his feet, with two miserable eye-holes in lieu of a face. A Halloween-ish creature turned into an avatar of grief and loss, he’s played by Casey Affleck, who would be a lock to win the Oscar for Best Wordless Shuffling if such a category existed. For the 92-minute running time of David Lowery’s spellbinding movie, this spirit doesn’t do
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