: Actor Steve Buscemi and director Terry Zwigoff have noted it refers to a world losing its character to "malls and cappuccino places," becoming a ghost of what it once was .
The term "Ghost World" has several layers of meaning according to the creators and critics: subtitle Ghost World
While both versions share the same cynical DNA, the film takes significant liberties from the original 80-page graphic novel: Ghost World and Why Adapting Comics is Hard : Actor Steve Buscemi and director Terry Zwigoff