I've been hearing a lot about this movie. I really like Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World" but I haven't seen this one. Apparently it was a really famous and controversial documentary when it was first released. So, what the 411?
It's good. Really. :( Probably my second favorite documentary ever.
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeIt's good. Really. :( Probably my second favorite documentary ever.
You always says things like this...so what's your first favorite documentary ever?
I'm leaving that open just in case. :(
Seriously though, either Gimme Shelter or Hearts of Darkness, I'm not sure. :(
Crumb kicks ass...I didn't know much about his comics until seeing this. It's cool though, it follows him from haight ashbury to his perverted mishaps with women...
Strange sorta loner dude...but a very cool movie. His brother cracks me up too.
Definately check it out.
Quote from: aclockworkjjCrumb kicks ass...I didn't know much about his comics until seeing this. It's cool though, it follows him from haight ashbury to his perverted mishaps with women...
Strange sorta loner dude...but a very cool movie. His brother cracks me up too.
Definately check it out.
agreed. and his brothers really do crack you up. and it's also my second favorite documentary, 'american movie' being the first.
what's supposed to be controversial about it though? i saw it and thought Crumb and his family were a bunch of freaks. weren't all of Seymour's records in Ghost World loaned from Crumb?
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeIt's good. Really. :( Probably my second favorite documentary ever.
Quote from: SlobhYou always says things like this...so what's your first favorite documentary ever?
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeI'm leaving that open just in case. :(
Seriously though, either Gimme Shelter or Hearts of Darkness, I'm not sure. :(
So, Either Gimme Shelter or Hearts of Darkness is your favorite Documentary, whichever one is, the other one is your third favorite? Because your second favorite is Crumb.
I think Crumb is my third or fourth favorite.
Quote from: lamaswhat's supposed to be controversial about it though?
he was around during the "underground comic" explosion during the 60's...really, nothing is really too extreme for today, but at the time a lot of people felt he had really poor taste. He was a self-proclaimed pervert...had a taste for plump women...he loved curves, and often exaggerated a women's form within his work...it was really just sorta somewhat orginal at the time so some made a stink about it, claiming it bordered pornagraphy.
Examples:
#1 (http://www.12move.de/home/crumb/w11.jpg) and #2 (http://www.12move.de/home/crumb/ccc14_bizarre.gif)
i loved this doc when it first came out (i must have been 10 or 11, i don't remember) and my mom bought me this awesome coffee table book of Crumb's artwork. i have to take a look at that thing.
Quote from: bonanzatazand my mom bought me this awesome coffee table book of Crumb's artwork. i have to take a look at that thing.
I am ammusing it's this one (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316163066/qid=1067380315/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-6066274-8252014?v=glance&s=books)? I snagged a copy awhile back of it for like $20 at some used bookstore. But if there is another one out there....do spill the beans...
EDIT....or even assuming too....
Quote from: RegularKarateQuote from: ShanghaiOrangeIt's good. Really. :( Probably my second favorite documentary ever.
Quote from: SlobhYou always says things like this...so what's your first favorite documentary ever?
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeI'm leaving that open just in case. :(
Seriously though, either Gimme Shelter or Hearts of Darkness, I'm not sure. :(
So, Either Gimme Shelter or Hearts of Darkness is your favorite Documentary, whichever one is, the other one is your third favorite? Because your second favorite is Crumb.
I think Crumb is my third or fourth favorite.
They are tied. :(
I would love to see this movie, but I can't find a cheap place to get it. It's not available for rent and all the buying prices are really high for a movie I've never seen.
*cough*netflix*cough*
I heard zwigoff would threaten to shoot himself in the head everytime crumb refuses to collaborate. it was something kinda extreme like pointing a pistol at himself or something.
I like this movie, too. I just don't know the point of it besides the guy's story being interesting to watch. I think the charm of this movie is just the large number of people's identification with him. Dramatically, though, there feels to be little there. The guy details everything out about his life to where drama seems not relevant. And yes, I do identify with him to a piont and am entertained by the story. Even with a documentary like American Movie, you saw a man's life being told but it was serving was the higher purpose of conveying the feelings of what it is like to be a filmmaker for anyone starting out now. Crumb is just great to watch.
~rougerum
I agree with the Gold Trumpet. Grum was just a normal tortured soul guy like most of us, but he could draw. He lives some where in France now right?
Quote from: van goghHe lives some where in France now right?
yes sir...indeed.
Well, I finally got to see this movie. I bought it at Borders (the only place I could find it) for a good price. It was very weird, disturbing and good!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4627180
Quote from: Arielhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4627180
that was great. it seems not a lot has changed since crumb.
i wonder if he'll hav a blossoming in his later years. now that' he's over 60, he could still kurosofy.