Criterion's Ghost World Blu-ray Lets Fans Glimpse Scarlett Johansson's Artistic Talent

06/02/2017 06:01 pm EDT

How much would a sketch, drawn and signed by Scarlett Johansson, of her Ghost World director Terry Swigoff, go for on eBay?

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Well, nobody really knows, but it's something that some fans are probably asking themselves, following the release of the Criterion Collection's Ghost World Blu-ray earlier this week.

The disc, which features a remastered version of the 2001 comic book adaptation along with tons of bonus features including a new cover from acomic artist Daniel Clowes, director's commentary track, interviews, documentaries, and an extended music video, also comes with a pair of booklets inside.

The first is an ashcan-style comic from Clowes, the creator of Ghost World, reprinting a Ghost World story from the comics. The tale is best-known at this point as a graphic novel and movie, but the characters originally appeared in a series of short stories that were later collected.

The second is a booklet that's kind of a mini-oral history of the Ghost World film, featuring photos, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and interview content from a number of people involved.

Within the latter essay, by way of demonstrating how the soon-to-be starlet got on with the filmmaker and her co-stars, was a photograph of Johansson sitting with Zwigoff, side by side with a sketch of Zwigoff, inscribed by Johansson with instructions to sell it on eBay.

So how does one of the world's most prolific comic book movie actors draw? Well...!

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...She's no Daniel Clowes, anyway. But it's a pretty cool glimpse into the star's early career, and behind the scenes of arguably her best comic book movie to date.

Fans can order the DVD and Blu-ray now.

Criterion is known or its wealth of special features, high-quality image transfers, and focus on the vision of the filmmakers. As such, they've supplemented some of the material from the original MGM DVD (including a featurette, trailer, deleted scenes, and a music video) with a new commentary track by director Terry Zwigoff and comic book creator Daniel Clowes.

You can check out the full list of features below:

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