A ghost story

Yes, 'A Ghost Story' features Oscar-winner Casey Affleck wearing a bedsheet – and it's one of the most moving films of the year, says Peter Travers.

Also: why he edited his movie without music, the craziest interpretation he’s heard about the film, and what Will Oldham’s mid-film rant really means.

A recently deceased man returns to his suburban home as a white-sheeted ghost to console and reconnect with his bereft wife. But in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

[David Lowery • 2017]

A Ghost Story has been on my mind since the moment I saw it.

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