"A dead wife returns as a vacuum cleaner"—despite its bizarre premise, the Thai horror film "Useful Ghost" won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. At its core lies a sharp depiction of the modern societal sentiment that "existence is only permitted if it is useful." Efficiency, productivity—meaning has long been strongly demanded in everything. Even human existence and value are being measured by "usefulness"—that is, whe…
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"A dead wife returns as a vacuum cleaner"—despite its bizarre premise, the Thai horror film "Useful Ghost" won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. At its core lies a sharp depiction of the modern societal sentiment that "existence is only permitted if it is useful." Efficiency, productivity—meaning has long been strongly demanded in everything. Even human existence and value are being measured by "usefulness"—that is, whe…