A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb
Directed by:
Terry Zwigoff
Release Date:
September 10, 1994
Original Title:
Crumb
Alternate Titles:
クラム
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Sony Pictures Classics
Superior Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 120
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.
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 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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Internet Movie Database | 8.0/10 |
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Rotten Tomatoes | 95% |
Metacritic | 93/100 |
Awards Won: | 18 wins & 6 nominations |
2014 #35 |
Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Documentaries of All Time |
Director:
Terry Zwigoff
Director of Photography:
Maryse Alberti
Editor:
Victor Livingston
Music:
David Boeddinghaus
Producer:
Terry Zwigoff
David Lynch
Lynn O'Donnell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Walter Murch
Writer:
Terry Zwigoff
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