Ghost World
Terry Zwigoff / DE, GB, US, 2001 / 112 min.
Outsiders Enid and Rebecca live their lives in constant mockery and rejection of American mass culture. With Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi and Scarlett Johansson, based on the cult graphic novel by Daniel Clowes.
A witty, original film about two teenage girlfriends who feel they don't belong and don't really want to belong. When Enid develops an interest in Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a 78 rpm-record collector, their friendship threatens to fall apart. Zwigoff previously made Crumb, a documentary about the eponymous American underground cartoonist. Ghost World is based on Daniel Clowes' graphic novel and he co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay with Zwigoff.
To this day the film’s fashion also holds cult status. Thora Birch has the perfect ‘I’m bored!’ hairdo, wears vintage glasses, a leather jacket, a kilt and a T-shirt emblazoned with a garbage can and the words ‘recycled youth’. One of the film’s highlights is when Enid dies her hair green, announcing she is now punk which should be painfully recognisable to any (former) teen who ever wanted to be someone else.
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Director
Terry Zwigoff
Production year
2001
Country
DE, GB, US
Original title
Ghost World
Length
112 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
2001
In its film programme 2001 – A Time Capsule, Eye Filmmuseum is marking the 25th anniversary of the year 2001 with a generous helping of nostalgia, screening 25 films that were released in 2001.
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