Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Terry Zwigoff's "Crumb" (1994) is a fascinating documentary film about famous underground artist Robert Crumb. During the 60s, Crumb became incredibly successful after he created the Keep on Truckin' character and Fritz the Cat. 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, 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. As stream-of-consciousness images incessantly flow forth from the tip of his pen, biting social satire is revealed, often along with a disturbing and haunting vision of Crumb's own betes noires and inadequacies. As his acid-trip induced images flicker across our own retinas, we gain a little insight into this complex and highly creative individual.
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Crumb (1994) - The Criterion Collection 720p Blu-rayRip
Director: Terry ZwigoffScreenplay: N/A
Actors: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb
Date Released: 28 April 1995
Genre: Documentary, Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Duration: 120 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 7.9/10
Votes: 90 (as of 27 November 2013)
Reviewer: Janne§ from Helsinki
Sex, drugs and piggyback rides
Robert Crumb became an idol among hippies in the 1960's because of the psychedelic comics he drew at the time. In this excellent film, directed by Terry Zwigoff (who also directed the excellent, and also comic book related, "Ghost World" and "American Splendor") Crumb starts out by telling that he hates just about all the work he is most famous for. This is typical, Í think, of Crumb: he is uncompromisingly politically incorrect, completely unafraid to speak his mind openly, and above all disgusted by the idea of selling out for money.I have been a fan of Crumb ever since I advanced beyond Donald Duck and Marvel Comics about 20 years ago (this is not to say that I don't love Donald or Marvel anymore, because I do). Crumb is probably the most talented comic book artist of the latter half of the 20t Century. Quite simply, I don't think anyone can draw as well as he does. He is not much of a storyteller, but like I pointed out above, that is more than made up by the fact that he is always totally candid about his life, sometimes painfully and embarrassingly so.
"Crumb" is an excellent portrait of an exceptionally talented artist who also happens to be a total pervert. However, as this film makes abundantly clear, Robert Crumb is practically the ideal model of a stable, well-adjusted person when compared to his mother or his brothers Charles and Maxon. We see once again that great suffering makes a great artist.
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Crumb (1994) - The Criterion Collection
Directed by: Terry Zwigoff
720p BDRip | AVI (XviD) @ 2799 Kbps, 24 fps | 960 X 720 | 02:00:32 | 2.52 GB
Audio: English AC-3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz | Subtitle: English (srt)
Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb | Country: USA
Genre: Documentary
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