Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) are two alienated young women surviving life in a nameless, hellish American town. The two pseudo-intellectual outcasts connect with society in small yet profound ways: Rebecca finds out that she could become a talented artist after taking a mandatory class to graduate high school, while Enid begins a strange sort of relationship with Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a manager at a local fast food chain who is an avid record collector. Eventually, the girls must make some important decisions about where their lives are going, but will their future plans involve each other? The adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ seminal work, originally serialized in Eightball, is one of the most highly regarded comic book films ever made. Its approach to adolescence and the ennui felt by teenage girls growing up in modern suburbia makes it a must see!
Advisories:
- Coarse Language
- Tuesday April 17, 2012 at 9:00PM
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
- Graphic Content: A Comic Book Film Series 2011/12
- Batman: The Movie (1966)
- Graphic Content: Superman (1978)
- Graphic Content: V for Vendetta (2006)
- Graphic Content: Akira (1988)
- Graphic Content: The Rocketeer (1991)
- Graphic Content: Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
- Graphic Content: American Splendor (2003)
- Graphic Content: Ghost World (2011)
- Graphic Content: A History of Violence (2005)
- Graphic Content: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
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