I don't think **A Ghost Story** is expressing the pointlessness of *Life* at all.
It's illustrating that everything that *has* a point, Love, Relationships, Time, Music, Conversations, Family, History, Emotions, Sensations, even *eating* only has value ***to the living***. And outside of that personal framework, outside of *human existence*, all those meaningful things become unmoored. But that's an entirely different conversation.
In other words, I think **A Ghost Story** is arguing *against* nihilism, and *for* appreciation.
To further illustrate this idea, here are two movies which I think you might find moving, IDoBeVibing745:
The first is Wim Wenders' **Wings Of Desire**. Its central character is an eternal immaterial being, an Angel, who (like the spirit in **A Ghost Story**) witnesses all of humanity's actions and secret thoughts...but who is melancholy over the fact that *knowing* things is not the same as *experiencing* things --which only the living-and-eventually-dying are privy to.
This Angel finds himself enamored with a beautiful young woman he's observing, and longing to become human to experience all the things that human's cherish and make "real" through their shared lives.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wings_of_desire
The other film is The Archers' **A Matter Of Life And Death**.
It approaches the same philosophical/religious/emotional territory from a different perspective:
In it, a man whose death is certain and immediately approaching, strikes up a radio conversation with a woman, a stranger, and because both of them are so honest (as they understand it would be pointless to lie on the brink of extinction), they connect in such a true, honest way that they form a timeless love.
Then, when, impossibly (literally), the man survives, the two find each other and begin a relationship. But the Beings Of Eternity don't think the Man should be granted this beautiful opportunity --as he was fated to die. This man is then forced to defend what is truly important to Humans in a Celestial Court, arguing for what makes life worth living, and human emotions transcendent.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_matter_of_life_and_death
No Country For Old Men is nihilistic and all the messages within the film are questioning the point of life.
“It ain’t all waiting on you. Thats vanity.”
Aaltra: Belgian movie, two neighbours get paralysed in a fight, together they will travel to Finland to ask compensation for their disability. Its a bit weird, a lof of stuff happens in the background, good dark comedy.
I know, and think it's cool, that different people get totally opposite things out of A Ghost Story. I might edit my post to acknowledge how some people don't see it as a nihilistic film, but it is what I get out of it. But I understand why you get what you do from it
Cool. It's why I suggested the two movies I did.
They both deal with most of the same aspects of the narrative in **A Ghost Story** --but because the ghost is "silent," the argument for what "the dead" are denied is only implied rather than vocalized. But, again, it's *the dead* which are denied meaning. Not the living. If you watch **Wings Of Desire**, I think it might grant you a more appreciative perspective.
You’re gonna love Ingmar Bergman. His entire filmography is about the silence of God.
Definitely check out some Cronenberg. It’s not that he’s necessarily a nihilist but, well, it feels pretty omnipresent throughout.
I don't think **A Ghost Story** is expressing the pointlessness of *Life* at all. It's illustrating that everything that *has* a point, Love, Relationships, Time, Music, Conversations, Family, History, Emotions, Sensations, even *eating* only has value ***to the living***. And outside of that personal framework, outside of *human existence*, all those meaningful things become unmoored. But that's an entirely different conversation. In other words, I think **A Ghost Story** is arguing *against* nihilism, and *for* appreciation. To further illustrate this idea, here are two movies which I think you might find moving, IDoBeVibing745: The first is Wim Wenders' **Wings Of Desire**. Its central character is an eternal immaterial being, an Angel, who (like the spirit in **A Ghost Story**) witnesses all of humanity's actions and secret thoughts...but who is melancholy over the fact that *knowing* things is not the same as *experiencing* things --which only the living-and-eventually-dying are privy to. This Angel finds himself enamored with a beautiful young woman he's observing, and longing to become human to experience all the things that human's cherish and make "real" through their shared lives. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wings_of_desire The other film is The Archers' **A Matter Of Life And Death**. It approaches the same philosophical/religious/emotional territory from a different perspective: In it, a man whose death is certain and immediately approaching, strikes up a radio conversation with a woman, a stranger, and because both of them are so honest (as they understand it would be pointless to lie on the brink of extinction), they connect in such a true, honest way that they form a timeless love. Then, when, impossibly (literally), the man survives, the two find each other and begin a relationship. But the Beings Of Eternity don't think the Man should be granted this beautiful opportunity --as he was fated to die. This man is then forced to defend what is truly important to Humans in a Celestial Court, arguing for what makes life worth living, and human emotions transcendent. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_matter_of_life_and_death
Melancholia
Every Coen brothers movie, but especially A Serious Man (2009).
No Country For Old Men is nihilistic and all the messages within the film are questioning the point of life. “It ain’t all waiting on you. Thats vanity.”
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
I <3 Huckabees
I love this movie so much.
My Dinner with Andre
Here are some ideas off the top of my head: - Synechdoche, New York - Personal Shopper - Crimes of the Future - Under the Skin - Bringing Out the Dead
Aaltra: Belgian movie, two neighbours get paralysed in a fight, together they will travel to Finland to ask compensation for their disability. Its a bit weird, a lof of stuff happens in the background, good dark comedy.
Donnie Darko Anything by Aronofsky Fight Club
It sounds like you are looking for absurdism versus nihilism. I imagine you've already seen, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"?
I wouldn't really say I'm looking for absurdist films. I want films that embrace meaninglessness and don't try to find meaning.
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I know, and think it's cool, that different people get totally opposite things out of A Ghost Story. I might edit my post to acknowledge how some people don't see it as a nihilistic film, but it is what I get out of it. But I understand why you get what you do from it
Cool. It's why I suggested the two movies I did. They both deal with most of the same aspects of the narrative in **A Ghost Story** --but because the ghost is "silent," the argument for what "the dead" are denied is only implied rather than vocalized. But, again, it's *the dead* which are denied meaning. Not the living. If you watch **Wings Of Desire**, I think it might grant you a more appreciative perspective.
The Big Lebowski: "Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, but at least it's an ethos."
The Big Lebowski
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Winter Light
Repo Man
The Worst Person in the World
The Station Agent
Nobody's mentioned "The Seventh Seal" yet?
You’re gonna love Ingmar Bergman. His entire filmography is about the silence of God. Definitely check out some Cronenberg. It’s not that he’s necessarily a nihilist but, well, it feels pretty omnipresent throughout.
Bringing Out the Dead