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Dominican Rep. Crumb
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Documentary
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, 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 ... [+]
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"One of the most remarkable and haunting documentaries ever made." | ||
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"Zwigoff not only presents a complex human being and the range of his art but also guides us through a profound and unsettling consideration of what it means to be an American artist. Essential viewing." | ||
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"Crumb is a rare and powerful documentary that completely absorbs the viewer and leaves an impression so blindingly clear that the afterimage cannot be blinked away even when the theater is far behind." | ||
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"Extraordinary new documentary that turns Robert Crumb's twisted life story into a disturbing, exhilarating work of biographical art." | ||
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"'Crumb' is one of the most provocative, haunting documentaries of the last decade." | ||
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"A remarkably revealing documentary." | ||
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"When it comes to unflinching, riveting looks at a compulsive artist who can't be other than who he is, nothing comes close to 'Crumb'." | ||
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"It succeeds at showing how one man's psychic wounds contributed to an art that transmutes personal pain into garish visual satire." | ||
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"An empathetic portrait of the artist that also unveils a trenchant view of an American family's dashed illusions." |
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