Ghost World
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
2001
Ms. Hen loves GHOST WORLD. She has probably watched this film more times than any other in her life. She loves this because it's about being an artist, and seeing the world through an artist's eyes, and also not wanting to confirm to what the world expects. It's a strange film, but it's full of magic and hope.
Enid and Rebecca have just graduated from high school, and are planning on getting an apartment together. Enid has to take an art class to make up a failing grade. They decide to call a man who placed a personal ad looking for a woman he met on a bus, and they tell him to meet her at a retro 50s diner called Wowsville.
They watch as he cringes when the woman doesn't show up at the diner. Enid and Rebecca find him at a yard sale, and Enid buys a record from him. He and Enid become friends, and she tries to find him a date. He is fussy about what he likes; he likes old jazz and old things. Enid takes an antique print he owns to her art class, and that causes a brouhaha when it's in the school art show.
GHOST WORLD is about a young woman trying to figure out who she is, and what she wants. She scoffs at conformity; she doesn't like her father's girlfriend, she and Rebecca don't get along with each other as well as they used to, and she doesn't want a regular job. She likes hanging around with Seymour, but he is a curmudgeon, and is stuck in his ways.
Enid is on the precipice of changing, and she does. She doesn't know what she desires from life, but she knows she needs something else. She views the world differently, and tries hard to express herself.
Every time Ms. Hen watches GHOST WORLD, she sees something different. One time she watched it, and realized she is similar to Enid and Seymour at the same time. This time when she watched it, she realized colors of this film pop. Ms. Hen thinks everyone should watch this film, possibly again and again.
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