The artist gazing into the abyss

Kayleigh 2022-08-09 17:25:42

He is a true artist. The rare biographical film, perhaps because of his character and the dark style that he has always adhered to in his works, allowed him to allow his inner darkness to be recorded by the camera and open to the public. We can also see his painful childhood and the emptiness and emptiness in his heart. On the good side, he can draw inspiration from the abyss in his heart and transform it into comics and paintings to express it, and at the same time re-examine himself in the process; on the bad side, he can continue to create It means to always stare into the abyss of oneself, risking being swallowed at any time. In the film, we can also see how much the original family has had on the growth of people. It can be said that it is an accident that the three boys have all deviated from the right way recognized by the world, and the responsibility obviously lies with the parents.

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  • Aline Crumb: [talking about their "rich redneck" neighbours who have built houses in the valley they live in] All these other houses are like oriented to look down on our place because it's like a backdrop for their air conditioned nightmare houses.

    Robert Crumb: Each hilltop can view each other hilltop. Schmucks.

  • Robert Crumb: [looking at sketches he's done of female classmates] Ah, where are they now? It was 30 years ago. 30 years ago, they're all middle-aged housewives now. Jesus, what a thought.