Illeana douglas is an actress, writer, and producer. Ileana douglas plays a pretentious yet oddly lovable neohippie art teacher. Ghost world roberta allsworth 2001 known for the new guy kiki pierce 2002. Ghost world, a 2000 song by aimee mann from bachelor no. With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. Ghost world has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel. Jul 20, 2000 buy ghost world new ed by clowes, daniel isbn.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ghost world. Once high school is over, one needs to decide where and how they are going to succeed in society. Jul 14, 2017 the criterion collections release of ghost world features an audio commentary by zwigoff, clowes, and producer lianne halfon. Disbelievers of spooks and spirits were challenged on the cover of every issue of ghosts to read true tales of weird and supernatural. The girlhunting ghost text story, art by jim aparo.
Illeana hesselberg born july 25, 1965, most commonly known as illeana douglas, is an american actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. Comic staples like bob balaban and teri garr are each featured as amusing tangents to enid, but its steve buscemis particular brand of awkward social disease which makes ghost. Ghosts is a horror comics anthology series published by dc comics for 112 issues from septemberoctober 1971 to may 1982. Before eightball, clowes worked on comic book series lloyd llewellyn, which in the later issues stronger foreshadowed some of the social criticism of his work with. Writer daniel clowes and director terry zwigoff masterfully captured the cartoonishness of the world at large without making it seem over the top or silly, which is a truly difficult trick to pull off. Ghost world by daniel clowes is a graphic novel about enid coleslaw and rebecca doppelmeyer, two girls who have recently graduated from high school. Illeana douglass top 10 the current the criterion collection. Illeana douglas, dave sheridan, tom mcgowan, and steve buscemi. Enid and rebecca spend most of their time making fun of other people they encounter and occasionally playing mean tricks on them. While the film does engage with issues of racism, censorship, and the futility of.
Based on the 19931997 comic book of the same name by daniel clowes, with a screenplay cowritten by clowes and zwigoff, the story focuses on the lives of enid birch and rebecca johansson, two teenage outsiders in an unnamed american city. Zwigoff and clowes decided to adapt the comic book series into a film. Award winning actress illeana douglas is a hit with critics and moviegoers alike. Weve all gone through personality phases and weve all had the fantasy that living with your best friend would be a dream come true. The films supporting players really stand out from its cameo appearances from ileana douglas, david cross, and teri garr to the hilarious performance from dave sheridan. Ghost world, 2001s savagely funny, melancholic adaptation of daniel clowes comic book of the same name, cemented terry zwigoff as a. Ghost world is a series of eight related short stories about their daytoday lives. Image is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by 7 of the comics industrys bestselling artists, and is the 3rd largest comics publisher in the united states. Throughout high school, a person is constantly changing the way they appear to others in order to define who they are.
Terry zwigoff and daniel clowes, based on clowess comic book. May 28, 2015 daniel clowes writes either the funniest sad comics or the saddest funny comics in the world. Born with show business in her blood, she is the granddaughter of screen legend melvyn douglas. Art as dialogue, new interviews with actors thora birch, scarlett johansson and ileana douglass. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rebecca is more passive, a skinny blond wasp according to enid though shes not a wasp, watching with some amusement and more dismay as enid does. Terry zwigoffs ghost world, loosely adapted from a novellength. While our classmates inserted porn in between the pages of the librarys. Terry zwigoffs ghost world, loosely adapted from a novellength comic book by daniel clowes, continues this hopeful trend. Ghost world is the sort of indie comic few people besides serious comics readers have even heard of, and the movie version got similarly overlooked, when most of america was busy with rush hour 2 and planet of the apes. Ghost world first appeared in eightball as a serial that was updated issue to issue. While working in new york as a standup comedian and sketch comedy artist, she got a job screaming for martin scorseses the. Sep 01, 2016 illeana douglass top10 actor, writer, and director illeana douglas is the granddaughter of twotime academy awardwinning actor melvyn douglas. Ghost is a fictional comic book superhero who is part of the dark horse comics publication.
An analysis and summary of daniel clowes ghost world comic in comparison to the film by the same title. Costarring brad renfro deuces wild, illeana douglas stir of echos and steve buscemi fargo in. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, brad renfro, ileana douglas, bob. Daniel clowes writes either the funniest sad comics or the saddest funny comics in the world. I havent read the comic bookgraphic novel so i cant judge if it is anything like it, but i can tell you that its a film that.
Zwigoff also proves himself with a deliberate visual style that evokes the panels of a comic book though the ghost world comic was in black and white, as well as the industrial wasteland at the outskirts of any city. Illeana began studying acting at the neighborhood playhouse in new york. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, illeana douglas. Its surely the best depiction of teenage eccentricity since rushmore, and its incisive satire of the boredom and conformity that rule our thrillseeking. The eye of evil, script by leo dorfman, art by frank redondo. Jan 10, 2018 i think ileana douglas shines here as well, as the obliviously pretentious art teacher, though the performance is dialed a little over the top compared to her costars. Enid is the forceful one, darkhaired, glasseswearing, jewish, highly opinionated, somewhat reckless. I havent read the comic bookgraphic novel so i cant judge if it is anything like it, but i can tell you. Ghost world, based on the comic book by daniel clowes and directed by terry zwigoff crumb, is pitchperfectnot just the most enjoyable movie of the year but the first after crumb to get the. Ghost world tells the story of enid thora birch and rebecca. May 27, 2011 enid from ghost world how ghost world made me brave.
The book frequently employs irony to show that things are not always as they seem. Ghost world is a 2001 black comedy film directed by terry zwigoff and starring thora birch, scarlett johansson, and steve buscemi. Terry zwigoffs 2001 film ghost world is an adaptation of daniel clowes graphic novel of the same name they cowrote the screenplay. It centers on two teenage girls, enid and rebecca, right after highschool graduation. Current films include shes funny that way 2015 directed by peter bogdanovitch, pearly gates 2015 all stars 2014 sisters 2014 with barbara hershey, and max rose 20 with jerry lewis.
This is more of a coming of age film starring two girls than spandex wearing muscle heads. Costarring brad renfro deuces wild, illeana douglas stir of echos and steve buscemi fargo in the best role of his career movieline, ghost world is a smartly strange comedy that stands out like the taj mahal time. Ghost world is about the awkward time in a teenagers life. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Enid from ghost world how ghost world made me brave.
Old comic books best comic books comic book covers retro cartoons vintage cartoon vintage comics star comics old comics casper the friendly ghost more information. Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book eightball throughout the mid1990s, this quasiautobiographical story the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the. The graphic novel its based on is by daniel clowes, who did a very popular indie comic called eightball during the height of the underground graphic novel fanzine craze in the early 90s. American culture than enids thoughtful comic bookstyle drawings. Its a grim world, but enid and rebecca round, colorful figures in a gray and rectangular landscape are determined to find something worthwhile within it. With steve buscemi, thora birch, scarlett johansson, brad renfro. Casper the friendly ghost girlfriend friendly ghost. Based on the 19931997 comic book of the same name by daniel clowes. This study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ghost world. Ghost world seems at first like many another teen comedies set during. Extended excerpt from gumnaam 1965 featuring the bollywood number that appears in ghost worlds. Ghost world screening brings illeana douglas to alamo. Hes won a pen award for his body of graphic work and an oscar nomination for the screenplay to. The narrative is a simple one, but it works and allows the characters to push the progression, so it again returns to how natural and authentic ghost world feels.
Alois hitler can see the hate in his sons eyes but nobody will believe him. Each installment of the horror anthology series featured. While working in new york as a standup comedian and sketch comedy artist, she got a job screaming for martin scorsese s. Ghost world is a good movie, surprisingly based on a comic book, as the material here belies that. Audio commentary featuring terry zwigoff, ghost world comic creator and film cowriter daniel clowes and producer lianne halfon. Born with show business in her blood, she is the granddaughter of screen. Seymour, brad renfro josh, illeana douglas roberta, bob balaban enids. With filmmaker terry zwigoff, clowes adapted ghost world into the 2000 film of the same name, and also adapted another eightball story into the 2006 film art school confidential. Bob balaban is perfect as enids clueless, milquetoast father. You may also like these titles from the afi catalog of feature films, the most authoritative documentation of the first 100 years of american filmmaking. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, brad renfro, illeana douglas. As a mere gag, they respond to a mans newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives. Brad renfro josh, illeana douglas roberta allsworth, bob balaban enids. Ghost world is also refreshing in its refusal to make sweeping, profound statements about social problems.
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