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Director: | Terry Zwigoff |
Studio: | Superior Pictures |
Producer: | Neal Halfon, David Lynch |
Writer: | Terry Zwigoff |
Rating: | 8.0 (17,037 votes) |
Rated: | R |
Date Added: | 2019-08-27 |
UPC: | 043396106994 |
Price: | $27.95 |
Awards: | 16 wins & 5 nominations |
Genre: | Documentary, Biography, Comedy |
Release: | 1995-04-28 |
IMDb: | 0109508 |
Duration: | 119 |
Picture Format: | Pan & Scan |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.37 : 1 |
Sound: | Mono |
Languages: | English |
Features: | • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Terry Zwigoff, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition • Two audio commentaries, one featuring Zwigoff from 2010, and one with Zwigoff and critic Roger Ebert from 2006• More than fifty minutes of unused footage • Stills gallery • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and artwork by Charles, Jesse, Maxon, and Robert Crumb |
LAC code: | 4000101342 |
DVD or VHS: | DVD |
Original: | original |
Summary: 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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