They made less-sweet pies for the scene, and Mara chose the salty chocolate one for her first foray into pie eating.ġ3.
Lowery called bs, but Mara confirmed she had avoided it as she’s never been a fan of sweet foods. It’s almost as if she’s never had pie before.ġ2. It was Mara’s idea to eat the pie on the floor. At no point did Lowery consider adding audience applause (a la Kramer from Seinfeld) to M’s entrance into the house at the 23:00 minute mark.ġ1. The shot of ghostly C approaching the house at 18:55 was done after the house had already been demolished, so they used some composite fx trickery.ġ0. Hart wrote a big, noisy piece of music filled with “terrifying sounds” for the scene where a dead C comes back to life, but it was scrapped.ĩ.
#A GHOST STORY FULL#
Lowery wanted a full minute before Affleck sat up beneath the sheet.Ĩ. They used a stopwatch for the scene where C is covered with the sheet and M walks away. Mara’s face perfectly fits the 4:3 frame via the 50mm lens.ħ. I do stupid things when I’m directing.”Ħ. “I don’t remember saying cut, but I guess I probably did. Lowery called cut partway into the shot of the couple in bed, kissing before falling asleep, but the actors didn’t hear him and kept at it. “Casey has lovely tattoos all over his back,” and they had to be digitally removed.ĥ. The scene where the couple wakes up to a noise and walks though the house in search of its source was the most expensive in the film due to fx costs. Some members of the crew ended up living there during production.Ĥ. They had to decorate and build the interior from furniture on to the kitchen itself. The house was one scheduled for demolition and had been gutted on the inside. Mara’s opening line - “I’m scared” - was actually just her referring to being nervous about filming the couch scene without knowing where Affleck was going to take it.ģ. They shot it all but went with this instead.Ģ. This was Affleck’s idea while the script actually opened with ten pages of dialogue interspersed with various shots of the house’s interior.
#A GHOST STORY MOVIE#
“This sequence of the movie probably changed more than any other,” says Lowery in regard to the opening featuring C ( Casey Affleck) and M ( Rooney Mara) on the couch. Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary track for… A Ghost Story (2017)Ĭommentators: David Lowery (writer/director), Andrew Droz Palermo (cinematographer), Jade Healy (production designer), Daniel Hart (composer)ġ. People were jabbering over the film’s audio, and I still cried while watching it. It left me in tears on first viewing, and as a testament to the film’s power, it accomplished the same feat for me while I watched it with the commentary track playing. Having finally seen A Ghost Story, though, I can honestly say it’s among the best films of the year. I’m late to the David Lowery train as neither of his first two features - Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Pete’s Dragon - did much for me, and endless talk about a lengthy pie-eating scene kept me from checking out his latest for nearly a year.
#A GHOST STORY SERIES#
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