Crumb (1994)

Directed by

Terry Zwigoff

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 282 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows underground cartoonist R. Crumb and his family including his two brothers. It explores their personal dynamics and Crumb's unusual outlook on life.

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What happens

Crumb is a 1994 American documentary film about the noted underground cartoonist R. Crumb and his family (including his two brothers) and his outlook on life. Directed by Terry Zwigoff and produced by Lynn O'Donnell, it won widespread acclaim. It was released on the film festival circuit in September 1994 before being released theatrically in the United States on April 28, 1995, having been screened at film festivals (and winning the Documentary Prize at Sundance) that year. Jeffery M. Anderson (later critic for the San Francisco Examiner) placed the film on his list of the ten greatest films of all time, labeling it "the greatest documentary ever made." The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on August 10, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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