![]() ![]() Zwigoff, who made that anatomy of eccentricity “Crumb,” co-wrote the movie with Daniel Clowes, upon whose graphic novel “Ghost World” is based.įresh out of a high school they despise, the dyspeptic duo are free to clomp about their nameless city in chunky black boots, making ridicule a sport. This is the mild predicament in which Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) find themselves in Terry Zwigoff’s funny, sad and peculiar “Ghost World,” one of the most engaging films of the year. ![]() But their cynicism is a trap: Revolution is hard if you’re already defeated. ![]() Drifting in the margins, ripping into the dull conformity, they perform catty vivisection on posers, vulgarians and tasteless consumerism. Hello, cruel ‘World’: Two teen-age partners in gloom get their kicks by ridiculing everyone around them, with profound resultsĪt the tender age of 18, Enid and Rebecca are sick of it all, self-exiles from the cultural barbarism of strip-mall America. ![]()
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