Ghost Dance
Year:
1983
Production Country:
Great Britain
A complex examination of ideas about ghosts, memory and the past seen across the adventures of two women in Paris and London.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Marianne Leonie Mellinger
- Pascale Pascale Ogier
- George Robbie Coltrane
- Himself Jacques Derrida
- salesman/guide Dominique Pinon
- Action on Water Stuart Brisley
- American Professor John Annette
- Naked Sleep Performer George Levantis
- Naked Sleep Performer Iain Robertson
- Leader of Americans Robert Llewelyn
- voice of woman Barbara Coles
- voice of myths Archie Poole
- voice of man Ken McMullen
- voice of Marianne's daydream Michael Mellinger
- voice of Kafka story/Theory of mourning Jacques Derrida
Credits
Direction
- Director Ken McMullen
- Assistant Director Paul Cheetham
- Assistant Director Nigel Coles
Production
- Production Company Looseyard
- Production Company ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Production Company Channel Four
- Executive Producer Alan Fountain
- Executive Producer Eckart Stein
- Producer Ken McMullen
- Production Manager Kim Nygaard
- Production assistant (Paris) Dominique Green
Writing
- Screenplay Ken McMullen
Photography
- Director of Photography Peter Harvey
Stills
- Location photos (Paris) Ricardo Gómez
- Photos/graphics Horacio Monteverde
Editing
- Editor Robert Hargreaves
- Assistant Editor Cathy Neville-rolfe
Design
- Prop construction Miranda Melville
- Prop construction Henry Harris
- Design assistant George Levantis
Costumes
- cost Sue Snell
- Costume assistant David Johnson
Make-up
- Masks Caroline Lanyon
Music
- Music David Cunningham
- Music Michael Giles
- Music Jamie Muir
Sound
- Sound Recording Jean Bernard Thompson
- Sound Recording John Ralph
- Sound Recording Chris Osborne
- Sound Re-recording Tony Anscombe
- Sound Re-recording Chris Godden
Stunts
- Boat stunts Andy Wilkinson
Consultant
- Translations Peter Dews
- Translations Chaton Houette