Crumb (film)
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Directed by | Terry Zwigoff |
Produced by | Terry Zwigoff Lynn O'Donnell |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Maryse Alberti |
Edited by | Victor Livingston |
Music by | David Boeddinghaus |
Production company | Superior Pictures |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release dates |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,174,695[1] |
Crumb is a 1994 American
Synopsis
Robert Crumb, a pioneer in the
Viewers learn about Robert's career through interviews with his contemporaries
Robert is shown drawing with Sophie and Jesse, his son with Dana, with whom Robert has become reacquainted after abandoning his family to move to
Production
Robert Crumb initially did not want to make the film, but eventually agreed. There was a rumor, accidentally created by Roger Ebert, that Terry Zwigoff, who was friends with Crumb, made Crumb cooperate by threatening to shoot himself. Ebert later clarified this in an audio commentary he did with Zwigoff in 2006 and a review he wrote in 2005, where he said: "That never happened, but it may be true that Zwigoff’s life was saved because he did make the film."[6]
During the nine years it took to make the documentary, Zwigoff said he was “averaging an income of about $200 a month and living with back pain so intense that I spent three years with a loaded gun on the pillow next to my bed, trying to get up the nerve to kill myself.”[6] He felt the involvement of Maxon and, particularly, Charles was central to the film, which led him to choose "Crumb" as the title.[7]
The film is "presented" by David Lynch, though he had no actual involvement in its making. In the commentary Zwigoff did with Ebert, he says that Lynch did not respond to a request for funds until after the film was already finished, but they agreed to include Lynch's name in the advertising and credits to attract more viewers.
Reception
Crumb was met with wide acclaim from critics, earning a 95% rating on
Despite such strong reviews, Crumb was not nominated for the
In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Crumb the 14th best film of the last 25 years.[16] In 2012, Slant Magazine ranked the film #74 on its list of the 100 Best Films of the 1990s, calling it "Arguably the greatest of all nonfiction films."[17]
Although Zwigoff only filmed Robert Crumb's brothers with their consent, some have questioned whether they were able to provide that consent in a meaningful way.[18]
Awards
The film won several major critical accolades awarded for films released in 1995, including:
- Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize Documentary[19][20]
- National Board of Review – Best Documentary[21][22]
- National Society of Film Critics – Best Non-Fiction Film[21][23]
- International Documentary Association – Best Feature[21][27]
See also
- comic booksthat features R. Crumb
- Fritz the Cat (both the comic strip by R. Crumb and the 1972 Ralph Bakshi film)
- Ghost World (2001), an Oscar-nominated film directed and co-written by Zwigoff based on the acclaimed Daniel Clowes comic
- American Splendor (both the autobiographical comic series by underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar and the Oscar-nominated film from 2003)
- Mental illness in film
References
- ^ Crumb at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Anderson, Jeffrey M. (May 20, 2012). "My ten great films". Jeffrey M. Anderson blog. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Criterion Collection
- ^ James Reviews Terry Zwigoff's Crumb (Criterion Collection DVD Review-CriterionCast.com
- ^ Lovece, Frank (June 2, 1995). "A new documentary focuses on Robert Crumb -- Crumb highlights the cartoonist's dysfunctional family". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Chicago Sun Times.
- JSTOR 1213313.
- ^ "Crumb". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ 'Screening Room - "Siskel and Ebert" Top Ten Films (1980-1998)' - 1995 Archived September 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Gene Siskel, the Official Site. The Estate of Gene Siskel. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Anderson, Jeffrey M. (April 28, 1995). "Crumb (1995)". Combustible Celluoid. Archived from the original on January 19, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- Howe, Desson (May 26, 1995). Crumb. The Washington Post
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Crumb. AllMovie.com
- ^ Murray, Noel (August 10, 2010). Interview with Terry Zwigoff. AVClub.com.
- ^ The New Classics: Movies Archived September 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. #999-1000 June 27, 2008.
- ^ "The 100 Best Films of the 1990s". Slant Magazine. November 5, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-19-518270-5.
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- ^ Sundance 1995 Award Winners". sundance.org. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Guthmann, Edward (December 20, 1995). "Crumb Racks Up Critics' Honors / Documentary still can't get Oscar bid". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Previous Awards - Awards for 1995" Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. National Board of Review. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Past Awards" Archived March 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. National Society of Film Critics. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "1995 Awards". New York Film Critics Circle. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Previous Years Winners" Archived June 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (1995) (rendered in Flash). Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Past Award Winners" Archived October 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Boston Film Critics Society. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Film and Video Awards: International Documentary Association: Feature Documentaries IDA Awards" (1995). Media Resources Center. University of California at Berkeley. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
External links
- Official site
- Crumb at IMDb
- Crumb at AllMovie
- Crumb review, The Washington Post
- Crumb Reconsidered an essay by Criterion Collection