Ghost Town was the DVD that I slapped in before I hit the bed last night.
The story was basically about a dentist, Bertram Pincus. He is a man who is lacked of people skills and doesn’t know how to really socialize around. When he died unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after 7 minutes, he wakes up and possesses the ability to see ghosts.
Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited result.
There was one part of the movie that captured my attention. Gwen’s husband died due to being hit by a bus. She actually knew his infidelity before he passed on, but she didn’t get to clarify the situation with him. Even though she was dating someone else, but she was very disappointed and furious about herself. She blamed herself and had the big question mark in her – what was her lackings? What did she didn’t do well as a wife?
She hasn’t let it go…in this case, her dead husband…
When someone is still hurt and angry about something, is because the person has not let go what is haunting him or her all the while. In this case, her dead husband, Frank was only able to go peacefully when Gwen has let the past go and fell for Pincus.
Should we still hang on to something or should we let it go, so that it will be just part of our past ; part of our memories?
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