Ghost Movies

One thing Clay and I have been talking about is how we've never really fully explored the ghost-story aspect of volume of smoke. The entire play is, after all, a ghost story-- none of the various narrators are still alive, and they make no bones about telling us, the audience for that evening, their stories. Clay is also a horror movie lover par excellance (I'll even forgive his deep affection for Haute Tension)... So I asked Clay to send me a list of ghost movies he felt were essential.

I would second that seeing Session 9 is going to be essential to really delving into this production of the play. I think, anyway.

Here's the list:
Must-see's
Session 9
The Changeling
The Haunting (original: 1963 BW)
The Others
The Innocents (1961)
The Devil's Backbone

If you haven't's
Don't Look Now
The Shining
The Sixth Sense
Poltergeist
The Ring (Japanese version)
Ju-on (Japanese version)
Dark Water (Japanese version)

An Introduction

This blog is meant to be a public clearing house for information about plays I'm directing. The current project I am working on is volume of smoke, being performed at Virginia Commonwealth University this Fall. Over the next few months, the designers and I are going to post our research, lists etc. here on the blog. Hopefully, once rehearsals start, I'll also start posting some reflections on how the rehearsal process is going.

For the time being, the authors of this blog will be myself and the designers on volume of smoke. After VOS is done, it will be myself and the designers for... whatever the next show is. Assuming they want to participate, of course.

Hope you enjoy!