Further to my post from yesterday, an additional movie trend is that of turgid comic-book adaptations. Thank the lord then that Dan Clowes and Terry Zwigoff seem to have managed the impossible and created a comic-book film for love not money.
Ghost World is based on the comic-strip of the same name taken from the pages of Clowes' Eightball comic book. Clowes' work owes a debt to the great confessor R. Crumb, whose work Zwigoff in turn payed homage to in his documentary, Crumb. The pairing of these two is therefore natural, so it's no surprise that Ghost World the film has been the result of collaboration rather than slavish reproduction. Both are fantastic artists in their own rights and it's heartwarming that they've managed to see their visions through to a final release where so many others have failed.
Oh, and be sure to pick up your little Enid action doll too.
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filmthreat have just posted an interview with Dan Clowes about Ghost World..
Posted by Anonymous on 30 Jul 2001 at 01:40 PM
Ok.. Enid doll may well be 'cute', but she does bear some resemblance to some kind of elephantitic atom boy, and were are the boobs?
I think Thora Birch is being sold short there! .. ok..ok so the doll is based on Enid the character, not Thora! I look forward to the film.. due October time so i believe?
Posted by Anonymous on 3 Aug 2001 at 03:14 AM
FilmThreat have just followed up their Dan Clowes interview with a talk with Terry Zwigoff..
Posted by Anonymous on 10 Aug 2001 at 12:57 PM