1994 · documentary
Crumb (1994)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff2h 1m1994
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.
Our read: Crumb (1994) (1994) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive documentary entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- inventive
- signature
- intimate
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