Ghost: a cult romance… but filled with false connections
Over the course of the replays, spectators spotted quite a few errors. But we forgive Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze everything!
Valentine’s Day is a little early, this year on M6. This evening, the channel will offer two totally cult American romances: Pretty WomanThen Ghost.
Jerry Zucker’s fantasy drama, starring the legendary duo Patrick Swayze And Demi Moore, will return at 11:15 p.m. A true commercial success with $505 million in revenue worldwide and very positive reviews overall, it was the most successful film in the United States during the year 1990. Since then, it has been impossible for ordinary mortals to see hands making pottery without hearing it ringing in their ears.Unchained Melody from Righteous Brother!
The scenario was imagined by Bruce Joel Rubin, who admitted to having had the idea of a love story with a ghost… following an experience with LSD. A story that seemed confusing on paper, however Ghost is the cult film, both sensual and funny, which modernizes the myth of the ghost. Richard Cannavo had written for First in his review for the November 1990 issue: “Ghost is a comedy that’s a little clumsy but has an insidious charm.” praising Patrick Swayze’s comedic performance more than the film itself.
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However, with our expert glasses and enough perspective, we quickly realize that Ghost is riddled with clumsiness and inconsistencies. Take for example the scene where Sam (Patrick Swayze) tries to scare the cat. A close-up of the feline’s eyes is taken and we can clearly see the reflection of the camera. We also find the latter much more obviously in the reflection of the mirror during the moving scene and a few seconds later some lighting equipment from the film crew seems to be awkwardly forgotten in the shot.
Let’s be even more persnickety, we are made to understand during the film that Sam is a ghost and therefore goes through all the subjects. On this point, inconsistencies multiply. Sam gets pushed by another ghost in the subway, slides through the door but bumps into the door of the next car when it doesn’t make sense for anything to stop him. And we can’t count the scenes where Patrick Swayze’s shadow is reflected on a wall, like when Molly (Demie Moore) is sorting the deceased’s belongings at the beginning of the film and Sam, sitting on a window sill, lets his shadow appear behind him.
The fact remains that thirty years later, the hands of the two actors sensually intertwining on fresh clay has become a cult scene, of which we no longer count the revivals and parodies. But besides, have you noticed that the actors’ hands end up miraculously clean when they start kissing?
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