Ghost World | TheaterFire

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There have been few movies that so effectively captured both the beauty and stupidity of being 19. Like, those girls aren’t kids, but they are precious young individuals and the process of growing up is so bruising, it’s hard for me to not wince at how much those learning experiences HURT. It’s so fucking hard to be young, and you just can’t help kids at that age. They just have to find their way along.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Omg yes. I would HATE to go through 19 - 25 again

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

My nieces are that age (I don't have kids) and it kills me to have to remind my sister that they HAVE to experience that shit for themselves.

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JDalek@reddit

Yeah, loved this movie. It really did feel after this, and maybe Mulholland Drive in 2002, that it was the end of that particular indie movie era that started back in the late 80’s with Blue Velvet, Drugstore Cowboys etc.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

I fucking loooooove Mulholland Drive

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andrewdrewandy@reddit

I literally seen the graduation rap at least once a week.

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Scrotchety@reddit

Fun trivia: Seymour's boss who fired him is played by John Bunnell, who hosts / narrates those World's Scariest Police Chases videos from the early aughts on Fox

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Nice!

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Daftpfnk@reddit

Classic. Seen it like 6 times

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Podwitchers@reddit

It’s my favorite movie. Enid and Rebecca honestly remind me so much of me and my best friend in HS. 🤣

“Nature’s nectar, wake up juice… Gimme six of these beef jerkies! I’m hungry enough to chew the crotch out of a rag doll!”

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epidemicsaints@reddit

The note to Josh kills me. "Therefore, you are gay." It's one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

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Ill_Athlete_7979@reddit

“JOSH!! WHAT THE HELL YOU GODDAMN DOING?!!” after he drops the ice cream. That always makes me laugh.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

I fucking die laughing every time I think about it. Idk why it hits me so hard but it does

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ewing666@reddit

BluesHammer

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Imaginary-Look-4280@reddit

In the early 2000s I worked in one of those cafes that had cheap coffee, mismatched furniture, eclectic regulars (and staff) and was open late, that doesn't seem to exist now. Our dance parties always included that opening song

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MarialeegRVT@reddit

Tampon in a teacup.

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_shaftpunk@reddit

“Y’know it not like I’m some modern punk, asshole! It’s clearly an authentic 1970s punk rock look, but I guess Johnny Fuckface over here is too stupid to realize it!”

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PlagueDrWily@reddit

Oh! How punk!

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_shaftpunk@reddit

I don’t know if you’ve seen Dinner In America, it’s a more recent comedy, but that dude is in it playing a straight laced dad and that line is all I could think of the whole time. Great flick too, highly recommend it to anyone reading this.

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kanyewesternfront@reddit

I loved this film!

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

I remember that being released, but I didn't see it. I'll check it out!

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IceSmiley@reddit

Who are you supposed to be, Cyndi Lauper 🤣

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Queen_Of_InnisLear@reddit

I loved it, but it's one in afraid to rewatch in case it hasn't aged well.

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the_kid1234@reddit

“I been plooooowing… pickin cotton all day lawwwng!”

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merapi36@reddit

Enid was an asshole for bailing on Rebecca and the apartment.

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RTJ333@reddit

There was an old school independent theatre where I was living when this came out. Saw it there twice. Love the soundtrack

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ShrewSkellyton@reddit

I'm an older millennial that didn't actually find this movie until 2009 and by then nobody was talking about it.. but now it's popular again on Tiktok lol so I was in an unlucky valley all by myself but loved it anyway

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VIPreality@reddit

I was sort of dating a guy when it came out and he told me that Enid reminded him of me. He meant it as a compliment but I definitely didn’t take it that way.

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Just_Another_AI@reddit

Definitely a fan. The editor was the wife of a teacher/friend, and I got to see an advance screening which was super cool.

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espressocycle@reddit

My first Facebook profile said "Ghostbusters, Ghost World, but not Ghost." I lied though. I like Ghost too. I mean, Unchained Melody.

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astronaut_down@reddit

Ghost Ship, and you wouldn’t be lying. Early 2000’s stinker.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Lololll 👻❤️

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ServoWHU42@reddit

Seymour is my spirit animal

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trustme1maDR@reddit

Definitely one of my favorite movies! I've been begging my artistic niece to watch it.

I live in a city with a few different modern/contemporary art museums, and I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a piece and said to myself, "tampon in a teacup." Or how many times I've heard a terrible blues/rock song, and thought, "Blues Hammer!"

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909lop@reddit

Amazing soundtrack.

Thora Birch was great in it

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Hell yeah! I jumped on Napster and downloaded it the second I got home from the theatre

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HollyCalamity@reddit

Love it!

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yardini@reddit

Same here.

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TheFinalGirl84@reddit

I’ve loved this movie since it came out. Still love it.

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IceSmiley@reddit

This movie is so amazing. With American Beauty, I seriously thought Thora Birch was going to be the big movie star of the 2000s but ah well

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

I did see it “at the movies” when it came out, but it wasn’t my vibe. Of the “alternative” films that came out at that time, i was more into “A Life Less Ordinary”, Excess Baggage, Practical Magic, The Craft/Scream 1-3. My fav indy cinema was the very early 90s w Directors Mira Nair & Nancy Savoca, and of course “Before Sunrise”. I agree that from 2001 on is more “milennial territory” with the Legally Blonde aesthetic. I ducked out on pop culture at that time, being in my serious school, activist, and “Left Bank” era.😀

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

I still haven't seen Practical Magic, but I was totally a Scream fan back in the day

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Practical Magic was/is my entire aesthetic! I saw it on the big screen again last month!

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

It's one of my husband's favorite movies, so I'm sure I'll watch it once I mention this thread to him 😆

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XFrankXGrimesX@reddit

I still have my copy of the first collection of the comic from 1997.

This is easily the youth movie that most reminds me of those years, the pointless cynicism, vintage stores, buying weird records because they cost like $1 then, oddballs who hung around convenience stores

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Yes! The pointlessness of the cynicism is so spot-on - hating everyone for caring too much but also for not caring enough, hating everyone bc they're stuck in the past but hating ppl who want to change

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After_Match_5165@reddit

I wanted so badly to love it. But it highlighted the insufferable parts of me and made me want to be a different person, haha. It also began my lifelong skepticism of Scarlett Johansson, but that was probably just youthful jealousy.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

It definitely highlighted (highlights??) my insufferable bits too. It made me cringe at myself when it came out, but it's making me cringe even more today and I didn't think that was possible! I'm glad I'm cringing, though. I'm glad I've grown over the years 😊

You should check out 'Under The Skin'. Its so darkly weird and good and Scarlett is perfect in it

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deeann_arbus@reddit

i have a cat named enid coleslaw.

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roomtempquiche@reddit (OP)

Love it! ❤️ Give her extra treats for me

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1friendswithsalad@reddit

They just showed this at our local movie palace the other day! RIP Teri Garr.

I still loved it, loved the style and the fashion and the cast. The girls were a LOT more annoying and bratty than I remember, I felt a lot more for her dad and Seymour, they seem like similar guys on very different life paths.

I also prefer the comic book, but really enjoyed the movie. And my partner, who hadn’t cared for the movie when it came out, really enjoyed it now 20ish years later.

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I would love to know how those two were conjured up, they are so real to me. The comic reads like memoir. It does not have the Simon plot and focuses more on the two friends growing apart.

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