As mentioned in my
Thora Birch thread, movies like
Ghost World would be great to analyze...
Even without the Birch connection, Ghost World is based on a
graphic novel that has VC-relevant themes...
It's the story of a young girl disassociating from reality, due to a weird upbringing, otherworldly thoughts, insecurities,
twisted advice from adults, etc...
She starts advancing through life on a distorted time line, befriending
reclusive old men, turning to alcohol and complaining that she is
"sexually frustrated".
The protagonist
Enid also fixates on esoteric
blues music from the 20s, at times becoming hypnotized by it.
Eventually, she leaves her
normal friends and chooses to live in a twilight world inhabited by ghostly, anachronistic old men (the Ghost World)...
Strangely enough, there are a lot of parallels to
True Detective on HBO. The
second season in particular.
It would be amazing if anyone just analyzed this movie in the context of Birch's
career. Drawing further connections to True Detective may be too much to ask...
Enid's friend: "So, what do you do if
you're a Satanist?"
Enid: "
Sacrifice virgins and stuff".
Old man friend: "Are
we, in slow motion here? C'mon,
what are you, hypnotized? Have some more kids, why don't you."
"You know what
my number one fantasy used to be?
I used to think about one day, just not telling anyone, and going off to some random place. And
I'd just... disappear. And they'd never see me again. Did you ever think about stuff like that?"