accessed: 25 April 2012
Terry Zwigoff was born in Appelton, Wisconsin, he played mandolin and chello, this way joined Crumb`s band and he had some jobs before he started to be a film director. His career started with writing a documentary about Robert Crumb. (1994) After it he got a chance to go to Hollywood but he refused.
"Was offered $10,000 to appear in a commercial campaign using hip filmmakers to endorse The Gap but turned it down, saying "I would find it a bit disingenuous after having spent 5 years of my life making a film railing against the evils of Corporate America.". (imdb 2012) This film was "Ghost World".
Is a really amazing film, creates an indelible impact on our lives (if the viewer is not a ghost oneself) describes how Enid (Thora Birch) a young freshly graduated girl faces a common phenomenon - that adult people around her ignore everything that is valuable and everyone is just walking around in the city like ghosts.
.jpeg)
She tries to pick up some people around her to find out more about their life, their motivation. She also wants to give motivation to people around her. She is going so far to find some real people that she "scarifies" herself and gets closer to Seymour, an older guy, wants to show him a way that he still can do something to live a happy life. She has her best friend Rebecca (Scarlett Johannson) who finally wants to live a "normal life" with a regular job in a regular apartment. In the end everyone leaves her alone. She finds herself in a "Ghost-World" where there is no way to find real friends. This film is very much depicting our society.
IMDB, 2012 Terry Zigwoff Mini Biography available at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959062/bio
accessed 25 April 2012
No comments:
Post a Comment