Title from web page. Originally released in 1995. Special features: audio commentary with Zwigoff; audio commentary with Zwigoff and critic Roger Ebert from 2006; 50 min. of unused footage (outtakes and deleted scenes); stills gallery. One accompanying booklet includes essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and artwork by Charles, Jesse, Maxon, and Robert Crumb. The second is a facsimile of Charles Crumb's "Famous Artists Talent Test" from the Famous Artist's Schools. Robert Crumb.
Contents:
Exciting subject for a movie -- The little guy that lives inside my brain -- Charles and Maxon -- Early memories and teenage years -- After I got famous -- The horror of America -- Beatrice Crumb -- Sex and relationships -- Family life -- Charles Crumb Sr. -- A bitchin' bod and other controversies -- It's a beautiful world -- The die is cast -- Color bars.
Summary:
An intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art. Zwigoff candidly and colorfully delves into the details of Crumb's incredible career, as well as his past, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people ever seen on-screen.
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