“GHOST WORLD” (2001, Rated R)

starring BOB BALABAN, THORA BIRCH, STEVE BUSCEMI, ILLIANA DOUGLAS, SCARLETT JOHANSSON

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/juzGS-GN79M?si=BuPvePL42qbNHI5E

Free screening.

-Terry Zwigoff’s first fiction film, adapted from a cult-classic comic by Daniel Clowes, is an idiosyncratic portrait of adolescent alienation that’s at once bleakly comic 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 suburbia. 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)

2002 Nominee Oscar: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

FREE, ROOFTOP at The Millworks,
Starts when the sun gets low enough (around 8:15 to 8:30)
Rain or Stars