Are the Crumbs zoned-out loonies or touchingly normal? There's Charles, the reclusive older brother whose inspired, dark doodlings triggered Robert's artistry and success. The more we find out, the more we want to know. By getting to know them, we learn about Robert too.
#Robert crumb documentary movie
A seminal nerd-god in the underground comic movement, starting with his '60s publication, Zap Comix, Crumb has tapped gainfully into the darkest recesses of his own-and America's-id.īeyond this aesthetic recognition, the movie spends more engaging time with members of Crumb's extraordinary family. Perhaps "Crumb," a documentary that took six years to shoot, will put the record straight: that the gangly, porkpie-hatted, gonzo satirist is an American artist of the highest order.
* The "Keep on Truckin' " poster, that modern-folkloric panel of three bearded men walking in step and leaning backward as if they are human Harley-Davidsons. * His cover design for the album "Cheap Thrills" by Janis Joplin's Big Brother and the Holding Company.
("An embarrassment to me for the rest of my life," he says.) * Fritz the Cat, his comic book character made famous by Ralph Bakshi's porno-art film of the same name. IN TERRY Zwigoff's superb, revealing "Crumb," cartoonist Robert Crumb makes the misanthropic lament that he will be best remembered for three things: Graphic comic book illustrations, disturbing sexual confessions and profanity
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