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Crumb (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 34  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis:
Produced by David Lynch, this acclaimed, often unsettling portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb, most famous for his Zap Comix, "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon and the x-rated character Fritz the Cat, lifts the page and looks into the twisted roots of the artist's inspired lunacy. CRUMB... [More]
Produced by David Lynch, this acclaimed, often unsettling portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb, most famous for his Zap Comix, "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon and the x-rated character Fritz the Cat, lifts the page and looks into the twisted roots of the artist's inspired lunacy. CRUMB traces the lives of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and his extraordinarily dysfunctional family. As children, the three Crumb brothers escaped from their abusive home by indulging in an imaginative life centered on comic books, but Robert is the only one who has fashioned any sort of normal existence. Now a famous cartoonist, he creates work that revels in the darker side of the human condition, hilarious and often offensive work that is obviously influenced by his troubled upbringing. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Robert Crumb

Director: Terry Zwigoff
Producer: David Lynch

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 25, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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06/24/06 03:30 AM
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This brilliant docu is not just a portrait of a compulsive artist, but also a deep inquiry into the mysteries of art, creativity, mental illness and family bind.

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06/06/06 01:36 PM
Emanuel Levy
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Sporadically intriguing but ultimately overrated...

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05/06/06 03:28 AM
David Nusair
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Zwigoff's biography of Crumb is both absorbing and repellent, and it may be one of the best documentaries to make the connection between creativity and craziness.

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05/05/06 01:11 PM
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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Geek coolness abounds.

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10/27/05 08:21 PM
Cole Smithey
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10/09/05 12:33 PM
Chuck O'Leary
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07/16/05 08:20 PM
Michael Dequina
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07/14/05 02:17 AM
Emanuel Levy
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Unique, profound, and fairly disturbing.

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03/03/05 03:36 PM
Rob Vaux
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01/19/05 12:41 PM
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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06/10/04 08:36 PM
Sarah Chauncey
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03/10/04 04:14 PM
Mark Palermo
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01/13/04 03:11 PM
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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Speaking as someone not of Crumb's generation, the film doesn't transcend the typical documentary formula.

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11/28/03 11:40 PM
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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11/21/03 08:47 AM
Rich Cline
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08/22/03 06:16 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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07/09/03 03:12 PM
Michael Szymanski
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05/20/03 05:12 PM
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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