Others will exit the theaterįeeling mystified and vaguely insulted, thinking something like, "Were they making fun of Some will "get it," falling in love with a picture that has alienation and savageĬultural ridicule wrapped around a sincere emotional center. Clowes and Zwigoff keep the organic pace of the original, and its empathicĮxploration of painfully changing relationships.įor those unfamiliar with Clowes, watching "Ghost World" will be as divisive as reading Screens, "Ghost World" never becomes the kind of empty, defensive snark-fest that it Unlike those shrill, hard-sell teen comedies on the other Making a film the creators are implicitly entering the very universe of mass-cult they railĪgainst in the picture. Universe of the lummoxes, schlubs, and dorks who made the Wendy's foodchain possibleĪnd who write "comix" review columns on "the web." Some may even wonder if by It's too bad that it takes a movie to expose vast numbers of people to Clowes' pessimistic Squeals with delight as she enters the sunless world of an "adult" videostore.īut most importantly the Clowes sensibility has successfully made it into movie theaters. Photography Affonso Beato makes the most of highlighting how ghastly America'sĬommercial spaces and their inhabitants have become. the velvety tones of Enid and Seymour's cluttered bedrooms. While this sacrifices the melancholy, "ghostly" tone of the comic, it alsoĪllows for sharper contrasts between the garish, fluorescent world of fake fifties diners and Likewise, Zwigoff has changed the look of "Ghost World" from a slate-blue monochrome To almost make up for the shift in focus. Fortunately the chemistry between Enid and Seymour has enough of a charge Movie turns the dissolution of this friendship into just one of several disappointments inĮnid's life. You in the fifth grade?" Much of the book's dialogue has been transferred verbatim but the Refer to each other's past history with questions like "Isn't that the thing David Lipton gave The book enjoys its reputation primarily for the uncanny naturalnessĪnd intimacy of the two girls' banter as they constantly affirm each other with "I know," or Terry Zwigoff (who last did "Crumb," about the underground comix master) turns theįocus of the movie more on Enid and her emerging relationship with Seymour rather than The only disappointment readers of the comic may feel is that director and co-writer And though his character doesn't exist in the original comic,īuscemi's self-hating, nerdish record collector Seymour could easily have stepped out ofĮnid and Rebecca in the original 'Ghost World' Johansson likewise perfectly matches the blonde, Fans of the Clowes original will want the audience to like her even if she's Thora Birch, with her black bobbed hair and constantly changing "look," embodies theĬartoon Enid so closely it almost feels embarrassing- like seeing someone you know on Lonely collector of antique ephemera, and Rebecca yearns to put her life in some sort of Slowly the relationship becomes strained as Enid befriends Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a Obsessively following weirdoes around their homogenous, suburban neighborhood. The boys are intolerably interested in sports or guitars and amuse themselves by They gripe about having no sex because all Monoculture becomes an object of worship. Sixties, abandoned pants on a sidewalk: anything uncoopted by the corporate American Unfunny comedians, Indian rock and roll music of the (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), just graduated from high school, share a "Ghost World," the movie, keeps the same premise as the book. UNITED ARTISTS FILMS Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch play Rebecca and Enid in 'Ghost World'
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