Ghost World (2001) Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Terry Zwigoff, & Daniel Clowes

<b>Book Vs. Movie: Ghost World</b><br /><b>The 1997 Daniel Clowes Graphic Novel vs. the Terry Zwigoff 2001 Film <br /><br /></b>The Margos are feeling very moody and isolated, discussing the 2001 film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162346/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ghost World</a> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thora_Birch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Thora Birch</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scarlett Johansson </a>as best friends Enid and Rebecca, who are perfect early 00’s angsty and unimpressed with the world and was catnip for audiences and critics alike. <br /><br />Based on chapter five’s “<a href="https://www.quimbys.com/store/6673" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes</a>, the original 1997 graphic novel series Eightball, the story of two lonely misfits who interact with other lost souls, made for an unusual adaptation that earned an Academy Award nomination for Clowes and directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959062/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terry Zwigoff</a> (Crumb, Bad Santa.) <br /><br />We read the source material (which you can find as a compilation of short stories in <a href="http://stephanieharrison.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen by Stephanie Harrison</a>), watched the film (has it aged well?), and tried to decide which we liked better--the book or the movie?<b><br /><br />In this ep, the Margos discuss:</b><br /><ul><li>Daniel Clowes’s work</li><li>The state of graphic novels and independent films in the 1990s</li><li>Terry Zwigoff’s adaptation that was somehow NOT a Miramax film</li><li>The differences between the graphic novel and movie</li><li>The cast of the 2001 film: Thora Birch (Enid,) Scarlett Johannsson (Rebecca,) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Steve Buscemi</a> (Seymour,) <a href="htt