I wanted to make a film that was entertaining as well as thought-provoking.
But I certainly didn't want to make some pretentious, self-indulgent art film either. Adds Zwigoff, "I wasn't interested in making just another one of these Hollywood teen comedies, which are basically bad sitcoms with high production values. "This is not a typical teen film," adds Johansson with a hint of a smile.
Enid doesn't really know what she wants from her relationships. They constantly feel each other out for weak spots, and yet they get along and are so comfortable with each other. "She is constantly testing the people that are closest to her, especially Rebecca. "Enid really screws with her relationships," comments Birch.
In their post-high school meanderings, Enid and Rebecca find themselves drifting apart. But Rebecca is eager to get an apartment and get on with her life. Rebecca and Enid are always finding some interesting person to follow and exploit and embarrass, just for their own pleasure. Even though they're best friends, in a way they're total opposites. "That's why she befriends Enid, who is really outrageous and loud. "Rebecca is this really smart girl who is sort of different," notes Johansson. Although the name on the drum kit of the band reads "Ted Lyons and the Cubs," the masked actor is lip-syncing the tune "Jaan Pehechaan Ho," which is actually recorded by Mohammed Rafi.Įnid's best friend is the slightly more well-adjusted Rebecca, played by Scarlett Johansson, who broke out in a big way opposite Robert Redford and Kristin Scott Thomas in Horse Whisperer, the (1998). The scene is actually the opening dance number from Gumnaam (1965) ( "Nameless"), directed by Raja Nawathe for Producer N. The film opens with a musical bang that demonstrates Enid's less-than-mainstream tastes as scenes from an old Indian musical play on her television, with Enid dancing gleefully along. She's trying to connect with something truthful in this culture that's basically designed to just sell you things. She's trying to find some place for herself in a world that's rapidly turning into one big consumer theme park, a monoculture without much of anything authentic remaining. "ĭirector Terry Zwigoff says, "Enid is an outsider. I think that's one of the reasons she is constantly changing her appearance and trying different motifs and even testing out, in a subtle way, different personalities. The only problem is that she has no clue about what she does want to do and who she is, really. "She just graduates from high school and knows all the things that she really doesn't like and who she doesn't want to be. "I think she doesn't really know what she wants in life," says the young actress. After garnering worldwide attention, numerous award nominations, and wide critical praise for her role as Kevin Spacey's discontented daughter, Jane, in the Academy Award®-winning film American Beauty (1999), Thora Birch stars as Enid, an equally complex teenager searching for her place in the world.īirch describes Enid as an extrovert who is, nonetheless, not very happy.
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