Also knew a girl who had a friend who dated crumb and he used to beat the shit out of her.
This forum is dedicated to the work associated with Dr. Jordan Peterson: a public intellectual, clinical psychologist, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.Press J to jump to the feed. He would hang out by the New Montgomery Station in meditation with a box for donations in front and that cloth "digestive cleaning thing" hanging out of his mouth. "There ARE no other records like that. I wish he had been able to put more of his thought on paper. He didn't seem to come off as a psychopath or narcissist or anything.Came here to see if anyone had insight. Jordan even gave a trigger warning that you might not want to know what they think like.Crumb is weird but from my layman perspective that was just it: weirdness. Thoughts on the Crumb documentary?
The scenes where Robert Crumb is being interviewed at a restaurant outside was just across the street years earlier. While the Oedipal component you mention is certainly present, that is only one facet of a much larger body of depravity. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts It might not have been pleasant but it would be relevant.One of the great documentaries of the last 20 years.This is particularly true given that it's 21 years old.The part where he visits his artist friend and they have a completely straight conversation about his 'molester period' and how he was one step away from being a rapist, was pretty telling. Has anyone finished it?
)On a lighter note, Hoop Dreams is probably the most inspirational and beautiful documentary I've ever seen and all of yu should watch that as well.Well, those are probably my three favorite documentaries, all in one comment!I watched the first hour and decided against watching the last two. I don't regret it. It's probably my favorite documentary, but admittedly I'm also pretty into Crumb's comics. It's an incredibly intimate look at an individual who reveals more about himself than he's asked to, or intends to, with many subtle implications allowed to stand unaddressed in a manner that I found disturbing and engrossing. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.
For those who are unaware, it’s a documentary about a guy who started the underground comic movement, Peterson has mentioned it in a number of his lectures, which is what led me to watch it. Crumb is a great cartoonist! It struck me that way even before his suicide was disclosed in the movie.I think Charles was the brilliant one of the bunch. There's a scene where they interview a woman who dated him. Like many at the mention of JP. The last time I saw it (around 2000) was at an art movie house on Haight St in San Francisco. "His brother Maxon was an exhibitionist and rapist, and Robert himself, his art is transgressive, racist, sexist, etc., but I think Peterson is coming at it from how damaged interaction within a family can warp and retard a child which in result can form a damaged adult.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castWelcome to the discourse! Crumb was met with wide acclaim from critics, earning a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews, with an average score of 8.36. If anyone likes this, watch Grey Gardens. I encourage you not to discount it, even if you don't want to finish it.Why did Jordan say, if you want to know what a rapist or serial killer thinks like, then watch this? Roger Ebert gave the film four (of four) stars, writing that "Crumb is a film … crumb documentary - discussion/thoughts.
The site may not work properly if you don't If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit Press J to jump to the feed. IMO the character of charles crumb is so haunting he manages to steal the whole documentary, robert and maxon are just normal guys with goofy interests in comparison. I will say first and foremost, it was yes quite interesting if nothing else.
Once I saw him sitting with a woman who had her own string cleaner hanging out of hers as well.The last time I saw it (around 2000) was at an art movie house on Haight St in San Francisco.
As Charles entered adulthood, he began showing signs of mental illness. Got any more records like that?"
It just seemed to profile a couple of oedipal weirdos.I feel embarassed to admit that if there was any greatness in the movie I was unable to perceive it, but that was my experience.You lasted longer than I did, I couldn't decipher much interesting about Crumb at all, just an oddball artist being an oddball artist. Haha I know I remember my friend and me talking about that when we watched this back in ought two! "I really liked 'Devil Got My Woman.' A film with depth and probing intellect, Crumb … She loved it.One of my very favorite movies.
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The documentary profiles Robert Crumb, a cartoonist with a fucked up family and a perverse artistic sensibility. I think what's interesting to a clinical psychologist might differ from what's interesting to the educated layman with an interest in psychology and human nature. When the cartoonist Robert Crumb was a little boy, he reveals in Terry Zwigoff's riveting documentary portrait, he was sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny, even carrying around a …
That scene with him listening to records while "Last Kind Word Blues" plays...magic.Also, see "Ghost World" directed by Zwigoff. We had to pedal a stationary bike to turn the vcr tape back in those daysHow perfectly goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure.I wish I understood why that is so damned poignant. This is one of my favourite documentaries.