Claire

November 8, 2021

crumb

a documentary that had been on my list for around 10 years, I finally found my way to it recently. A complex portrait of the brilliant and problematic artist R. Crumb:

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Robert Crumb aka R. Crumb, a cartoonist most active and known for his work in the '60s and '70s. A documentary made by Terry Zwigoff over the course of a reportedly anguishing 9 years

every frame of this movie has so, much, going on

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There isn’t a single reason
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confrontation with a chauvinist-narcissist in 3 frames

When I find value in R. Crumb’s work vs. when I don’t 

unexpected protagonists, an iconic micspelling