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Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated. (R, 111 min.)
7:00 PM
This free screening is in partnership with the Springfield Greene County Library as part of their One Read project.
Terry Zwigoff’s first fiction film, adapted from a cult-classic comic by Daniel Clowes, is an idiosyncratic portrait of adolescent alienation that is at once bleakly funny and wholly endearing. Set during the malaise-filled months following high-school graduation, Ghost World follows the proud misfit Enid (Thora Birch), who confronts an uncertain future amid the cultural wasteland of consumerist America. As her cynicism becomes too much to bear even for her best friend, Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), Enid finds herself drawn to an unlikely kindred spirit: a sad-sack record collector many years her senior (Steve Buscemi). With its parade of oddball characters, quotable, Oscar-nominated script, and eclectic soundtrack of vintage obscurities, Ghost World is one of the twenty-first century’s most fiercely beloved comedies. [Criterion]
Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
"Riveting, hilarious and poignant"
— Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
"A film like no other, an artful spellbinder that cuts deep."
— Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"One of the best portraits of teen anomie this side of Catcher in the Rye."
— Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"I wanted to hug this movie. It takes such a risky journey and never steps wrong."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Graced by numerous wonderful and amusing touches, and boasts sterling performances by Birch and Buscemi."
— Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
"Zwigoff pulls off something in Ghost World that seems a minor miracle -- he creates someone with a complex inner life."
— Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
"An ironic, humorous, painful and never pandering account of the ghostly nature that accompanies loss, hurt, regret, love and, ultimately, memory itself."
— Ed Gonzalez, Ed Gonzalez
"It's a sneaky, snide and cynical masterpiece of urban dystopia seen through the eyes of youth and ranks as one of the best American films so far this year. [2001]"
— Sara Michelle Fetters, MovieFreak.com
"Never predictable, this movie is often hilarious as well as touching, subtly adapting the mise en scene of Clowes's original without being fancy or obtrusive about it."
— Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"The greatest distinction of 'Ghost World' is its singular spirit. Here's a dark, deadpan comedy about alienated kids that manages to be smart, surpassingly odd, extremely funny and mysteriously endearing at the same time."
— Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
