AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
`Ghost World'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
There's nothing quite so fierce or daunting as a cooler-than-thou teen-ager's sneering disdain, and in "Ghost World" _ director Terry Zwigoff's sharp-etched adaptation of the comic book by Daniel Clowes _ Enid and Rebecca, just graduated from high school and facing a black hole of a future, mercilessly mock "all the creeps and losers and weirdos" that make up humanity.
Summoning the same flat tone and aching irony of Clowes' 1990s series (collected in the comic book "Ghost World," from Fantagraphics Books), the film centers on Enid (Thora Birch), whose love of `70s punk music, `60s Hindu dance movies and, `50s cat's-eye eyewear sets her apart from just about ...
- `Ghost World'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Newman, Bruce August 6, 2001 700+ words
...everyone in Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World" yearns for a time when...zoning ordinance. And yet "Ghost World" remains so steadfastly...like he's kidding. ___ GHOST WORLD 4 stars Rated: R (profanity...sjmercury.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Servi
- Scarlett Johansson shines in `Ghost World,' `American Rhapsody'.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rea, Steven August 24, 2001 700+ words
...country, after a childhood spent behind the Iron Curtain. In "Ghost World," the actress plays a slightly happier teen struggling to...feeling Suzanne has when she goes back to Hungary." For "Ghost World," Johansson plays Rebecca, a girl who takes a job serving...
- `Ghost World' puts cartoonist Daniel Clowes in the spotlight.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kelly, Christopher August 23, 2001 700+ words
...possibility of making "Ghost World" into a film. Zwigoff...The two girls in `Ghost World' seemed genuine and...comics, and read `Ghost World,' " he says. "So...com. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
- `Ghost World' gets a chance of reincarnation.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lawson, Terry February 5, 2002 700+ words
...their radar when originally released. A case in point is "Ghost World," released this week on DVD (4 stars, MGM Home Entertainment...tentatively involved, and director Terry Zwigoff. But "Ghost World" will probably have to settle for an adapted-screenplay...
- `Ghost World' star hopes film finds wider audience on DVD.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lovell, Glenn March 12, 2002 700+ words
...Goth queen in the Oscar-nominated "Ghost World," now on DVD, but in real life she...actress talks about what drew her to "Ghost World," eventually getting out on her own...Winona' T-shirts." Regarding "Ghost World" on disc: "It had a limited release...
- `Ghost World' paints teens in unrosy tones.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Brumley, Al February 26, 2002 700+ words
...dreams and values. In "Ghost World," Terry Zwigoff...What finally makes "Ghost World" a great film is Zwigoff...one herself. ___ GHOST WORLD Starring Thora Birch...com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
- `Ghost World' arrives on DVD, VHS.(The Gazette)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Radford, Bill February 7, 2002 700+ words
...and "X-Men." "Ghost World," arriving this week...be. The R-rated "Ghost World" is a quirky comedy...challenges of moving "Ghost World" off the printed page...com Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
- `Ghost World' paints teens in unrosy tones.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 19, 2002 700+ words
...dreams and values. In "Ghost World," Terry Zwigoff...What finally makes "Ghost World" a great film is Zwigoff...one herself. ___ GHOST WORLD Starring Thora Birch...com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information...
