![]() It's his affection for the Crumb family that prompts Zwigoff to get as close to them as he does, an intimate approach that enables us to engage with rather than marginalise them. Years before the film was made and even played together Crumb and director Terry Zwigoff were close friends for But accusations of unfeeling voyeurismĪre misguided. To the very people they appear to be hiding from. ![]() You can't help wonderingĪt times if it actually occurred to any of them that theseĬhats would end up projected in a cinema, watched and listened Women on trains, and Charles recalls his fantasies about Maxon cheerfully reminisces the times he spent molesting All threeīrothers talk openly about masturbation and sexual urges, Their mother and has not left the house for years. Regularly swallowing a tapeworm-sized length of cloth toĬlear out his intestines, while Charles still lives with Spending two hours a day in the lotus position on a bed of nails and Maxon lives in a seedy motelĪnd observes an almost monk-like existence, one that includes Both are intelligent and articulate men,īoth have considerable artistic talent of their own, andīoth are clearly very screwed up. Uncomfortably up close and personal with his two brothers The film chooses to go where few others have trodden, getting sometimes It's in the dealings with Robert's immediate family that Of which is entertaining, even enthralling viewing, but ![]() I actually have a kind of love for humanity." Says as he puts on a 78rpm record, "it's one of the few times States." He comes across as a man who was born out of his timeĪnd has a particular loathing of almost all aspects of the He claims, "it's slightly less evil than the United Weary cynicism for just about everything actually proves rather endearing – observing passers-by dressed from head to toe in logo-emblazonedĬlothing, he bemoans their status as pathetic walking advertisementsĪnd at this point in his life is in the process of moving to France because, Of his life repeatedly catches you off guard, while his His extraordinary openness about every aspect Him to remain so and force others to accept Admittedly Crumb himself is a fascinatingįigure, a gawky misfit whose talent and fame have enabled The Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and a whole slew of otherĭocumentary awards. Work, however controversial, it would hardly have landed If this film was a standard portrait of an artist and his Is covered in detail in the film, that almost seem designed ![]() Nonetheless, there are still plenty of works, one of which The result of sexual fetish than any genuine animosity. Women in his drawings is beyond question, but this is more I hate them a little less now." Easy though it mayīe to nod in agreement, this smacks a little of Crumb playing It's improved since?" to which Robert replies, "Yeah. Says to him "You really hated women then. Looking through hisĮarly sketch books at one point, ex-girlfriend Kathy Goodell To project his life and his fantasies into hisĭrawings and cartoon strips, some aspects of which not everyone Perfect outlet in the underground comics of the late 1960s,Īnd in the years that followed he achieved a cultįame for his very distinctive style and sometimes casuallyĬonfrontational approach to his subject matter. Of you will know the name of Robert Crumb, but a fair few For some reason I've always been particularlyĪmazed by pen and ink drawings, where you have only oneĬolour to work with and shading has to be created by linesĪnd cross-hatching rather than varying shades of grey orĬolour, and whose every stroke is a permanent commitment that cannot be erased or corrected or painted over. When I watch someone who can really draw practicing their art. As someone who went to art school and flirted withĬartooning but gave it up early for film, I am always impressed US region 1 DVD review of CRUMB by SlarekĬould question the fact that Robert Crumb is a very talented
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