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Release Date:
February 13, 1987
Original Title:
The Confessions of Robert Crumb
Alternate Titles:
Arena - The Confessions of Robert Crumb
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 55
In 1987, Robert Crumb presents himself: raised by a Marine father, educated in Catholic schools, married at 21 in Cleveland where he worked for a greeting card company, dropping acid in 1965, heading to San Francisco and getting in on the formation of Zap Comix, gaining celebrity, loving old time jazz, starting a band, living in a commune, meeting Aline Kominsky who became his second wife and his partner in art, having a daughter, and developing a more realistic drawing style. The confessions include his loneliness, his obsessions with women, his bewilderment by fame, his sense of the disintegration of Sixties' subculture, his nervous breakdown in 1973, and his peace now.
Animation Director:
Ivor Richardson
Cinematography:
Colin Chase
Patti Musicaro
Editor:
David Kitson
Executive Producer:
Nigel Finch
Anthony Wall
Producer:
Mary Dickinson
Production Assistant:
Sarah Llewelyn
Sheila Casstles
Penny Bowles
Sound Mixer:
David Old
Sound Recordist:
John Pritchard
Thanks:
Richard Crumb
Pamela Trokanski
Dana Crumb
Zap Comix
Unit Manager:
Maureen McMunn
Writer:
Robert Crumb
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