This is a take by the director on the classic case of a cynical old grump meeting a green-horned, innocent cub. In 'Neighbourhood Ghost', a blind man, shunned by society, retreats into a solitary, dim world of his own. It is also a world where it is hard to draw the line between reality and delusion. In the opening scene, he is shoved by passers-by. He falls onto the tarmac. What follows seems like a grey existence betwee a coma and an afterlife.
It is unclear if what follows is a journey of his moving spirit or simply just a dream. This led me into a pointless attempt to pigeon-hole in one of the 2 states. But that's my folly for it did not matter in the end because the point of the film seemed to be a 'change of perspective' and a 'liberation' of a mental stalemate.
A little boy comes along to offer company to the blind man. It is very a predictable pivot in the story and the boy's character almost seems like a token one. What I felt left wanting was the limited exposition and development of this little boy's character. Such would have made the pact between the blind man and him more meaningful.
It is unclear if what follows is a journey of his moving spirit or simply just a dream. This led me into a pointless attempt to pigeon-hole in one of the 2 states. But that's my folly for it did not matter in the end because the point of the film seemed to be a 'change of perspective' and a 'liberation' of a mental stalemate.
A little boy comes along to offer company to the blind man. It is very a predictable pivot in the story and the boy's character almost seems like a token one. What I felt left wanting was the limited exposition and development of this little boy's character. Such would have made the pact between the blind man and him more meaningful.
