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Subject: Re: Ghost World

Author:
calvin andrew

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Date Posted: 07:22:03 12/14/02 Sat
In reply to: kv 's message, "Ghost World" on 06:24:29 03/03/02 Sun

>although, for the most part, i agree with your review
>of Ghost World, i would disagree that the characters
>at the beginning are the same ones at the end...
>Enid clearly changes from someone trying to find a
>little happiness at the expense of all others
>(something like 'empty calories')to someone wanting to
>find happiness for herself and others...
>in the beginning, she just wants to have fun with
>Steve Buscemi's character... in the end, she wants
>him to be happy, or at least be happy with himself...
>as well, she leaves her girl friend because she
>realizes that this is the only way they may ever truly
>be friends again... they probably wont, but the
>alternative is no longer acceptable...
>the rest of the characters are subject to more
>subliminal changes, but Enid clearly evolves from
>someone knowing what she hates to someone wanting to
>find out what she likes (hence, the discontinued bus
>to nowhere...)...
>it's the human condition... anyone can tell you
>what's wrong with the world around them, but can they
>tell you how to make it right... the big step is to
>stop complaining, and do something about it...
>
>one last thing... i believe Terry Zwigoff tries too
>hard not to be a Hollywood director... that
>self-conscience approach may affect a more natural
>approach to film-making... hence the choppy scenes,
>and stunted sequences...
>
>but what do i know... i'm just a restaurant

what does the ending mean?

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