The Others, with Nicole Kidman

For some reason, I find the movie enchanting. I watch the movie over and over. The movie is partly about denial, and the coaxing of individuals toward realizing the truth behind their denials.

The movie is partly a comedy, because most everything the Mother, Grace, (Nicole Kidman ) says, is false. Yet she says everthing with sincerity, even intensity.

I particularly like the part where Grace shoots the three servants with a shotgun. Berhta Mills resplies, "you needn't trouble yourself about that mam, the tuberculosis took care of that 50 years ago. Since Bertha was already a ghost, she could not be injured by a shotgun. Bertha Mills had allowed herslf to be intimidated by Grace pointing the gun at her, out of kindness to allow Grace to discover that Grace was herself dead.

The movie throws the audience off, but the concern over eating. Obviously, ghosts have not real interest in eating. But, in our dream world, we can certainly dream of eating a meal. How does a spirit view the world of the living? How does a spirit view present time in terms of the past? Does the spirit continue that activities that he or she had at death? The master, with the war in France? Grace, with Home Schooling her children? Bertha with serving the people in the house? Can spirits really get together for a cup of tea? What are the limits of spirits associateing with other spirits? Are victims forgiving of their murderers? Tweet