Terry Zwigoff
 

this is the guy behind 'Crumb' (watch it or die) , Ghost World (havent seen that one), and his new movie is 'Art School Confidential', please do yourself a favour and watch at least 'Crumb', at least. Then when you've seen that watch 'Art School Confidential'. Then report back with your thankyou's. Enjoy.

I have only seen GHOST WORLD and it bored the hell out of me. I really dislike this quirky American indie type film. Hal hartleys films are a prime example.

I thought Ghost World was OK, Art School Confidential was a lot funnier. Especially if you know art school kids... I guess cultural satire works better when you're part of the culture.

Wtf, I thought you indie kids were into this kinda stuff.

I've seen Ghost World, and I thought it was great, a bit low key, but I found it to be very funny and endearing.

Also, you forgot to mention that Zwigoff also did Bad Santa.

Bad Santa is fúcking great, but I stand by my opinion of Ghost World. Same as Wes Anderson films-far too dry for their own (self inflated) good.

That's what makes them so damn funny though.

Yeah but they are'nt. The films come across as THE HUMOUR IS HIGH BROW AND INTENDED FOR THE INTELLIGISTA, SO IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, YOU ARE THICK AS COW SHÍT, and that is how I feel. I just don't GET the humour.

So that makes it automatically unfunny for everyone else?

The humor is just in the absurdity of the characters and how they interact with each other... I mean, let's take the indian butler who stabs royal for the second time, "That's the last time you put a knife in me! Y'hear me?" and then drives him to the hospital. you just laugh at how utterly meaningless all their relative pursuits are but at the same time you have to sympathize with them.

No. i'm just remarking that I don't find it funny. British humour usually goes over most American heads, because it's funny.

I don't get how it goes over our heads, from the british humor someone was going on and on about awhile ago it seemed like just petty and pointless nationalism to me that was easy to grasp. It was all like "Lol, americans don't know how to use the letter U. They're all fat and lazy and stupid rednecks, lol blah blah generalizations look at us british folk, we may be stuck up but at least we know how to make tea proper oi oi oi lolols crumpetz!!"

I like some british humor (Monty Python ftw), but in general I'm pretty bigoted against the british. I think they can be the most pompous assh*les on earth.

American humor ftw (when its done right).

To Crowquill-I was just taking the píss with my comment. A British past time!

To BooBoo-yes that is a bigoted statement, but at least you were honest. There is good humour on both sides of the Atlantic. American shows like Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends just leave me cold. My Name Is Earl rocks, probably because it seems to be more naturalistic and the humour not so forced. Most mainstream U.K sitcoms are absolutely awful these days. The last great one bing the gobsmacking LEAGUE OF GENTLEMAN.

I don't even know any Americans that like Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends.

My opinion of Americans has risen tenfold, except for any involved in theses awful programmes!

Frasier is the only one of those I really care for. Never understood the appeal of Seinfeld, I dunno how you can not know anyone who likes Seinfeld though.