If I had to pick a favorite going into this pairing, it would be Moonlight Boy if only because I was eager to use it in a pairing before After Life fell into place as the natural complement. Obviously having watched Still Life first puts a lot of pressure on Moonlight Boy.

Speaking of Still Walking, that is what the Moonlight Boy here seems to do for half the film. He is the most boring spirit ever. Mostly he is walking from stalking family members at one place or another, only occasionally engaging them (in dreams?), usually when his sister is bathing or something.

It isn’t exactly a thriller but it isn’t exactly not a thriller…I mean, occasionally you see Munch face. If this one had a tagline, it might be “I see animated people.” For an inexplicable reason, a couple characters are animated. I’m not sure if the director just said, “why the hell not” and decided to throw it in because this film is supposed to be weird. I’m not a big fan of that kind of decision making (I’m looking at you Lynch).

The film does take a turn going into the third act that does pay off reasonably well and make some of the pacing and oddities worthwhile. I had really hoped going into this that it might be one where I liked both enough that I would be demanding resurrection. I can’t go that far certainly, though this is probably my favorite of the films I’ve handed a losing verdict to.