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Adam Green, Paul Black, and Hannah Savage join host Jamon Bull for a deep-dive discussion around Michael Jackson’s masterpiece, Ghosts. They chat about all aspects of the incredible short film (which is so often neglected by a mainstream audience), including the story, music, choreography, cinematography and editing. Plus, they explore whether Ghosts has aged well, in comparison to another iconic Jackson short film, Thriller. Finally, they dig into an assortment of other topics around this project, including the ’93 version, the making of, the boxset, and assess why Ghosts didn’t achieve the widespread acclaim of some of Jackson’s other major works.
This roundtable group brings incredible insights into the history and context of the Ghosts short film through their unique perspectives as film makers and editors, and they have great stories to share, such as Paul Black’s experience of sitting just a few seating away from Jackson himself, at the 1997 Australia premiere of the film.
Happy Thriller Night!
This episode was edited by Jamon Bull.
Participants
• Adam Green (film director and host of The Movie Crypt podcast)
• Paul Black (Sydney-based Film editor, and Friend of the Show)
• Hannah Savage (YouTube documentarian who has made a great videos about Blood on the Dance Floor, Ghosts, and other MJ topics)
• Jamon Bull, co-host of The MJCast
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• Official, full-length short film of Michael Jackson’s Ghosts.
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Another amazing episode! As a fan of Hannah Savage’s content, this was a dream come true! Keep up the great work, all of you!
Great episode guys and it’s become one of my favourites. I love the horror movie Frozen haha. And yest totally agree about the rubbish t-shirts. Keep up the great work guys.
I’ve listened some old episodes, jumping back to the new-ish ones in the last time. The tone is changed, which is a little bit sad.
To cut short, many ,,influences,, are just stretched ( i’m reffering to the interpolations or borrowing in music) , i mean its there but it’s not, or even not made wilingly, or for a better Word, conciounsly made. There are lists on internet with numerous interpolations made by all kind of bands or solo artists, from movies or other songs. Even Prince did that not only with one of his famous songs, but many more.
One thing I’ve noticed reg. one big difference between the first version of Ghosts and the second- in the first one you had girls and boys in the crowd, in the second only boys which is not a coincidence.
Anyway thank you for everything.
It will be so nice for you to try to reach to the non-english speakers that are out there working too to preserve MJ’s legacy, such as partofhistory.de ( Sabine has wrote a wonderful book and it’s also in English), Isabel Petitjean, a Sorbonne music Professor that wrote 4 books about MJ and needs help to translate one of her books in English, Armin Arisi, …
And as of the piece from Bee Gees, it sounds more like Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, the crescendo part. The source for both.
Is no one going to mention his acting? Its superb :O