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Robert Hughes:
I think Crumb is, basically he's the Bruegel of the last half of the twentieth century. I mean, there wasn't a Bruegel of the first half but there is one of the last half, and that is Robert Crumb. Because he gives you that tremendous kind of impaction of lusting, suffering, crazed humanity in sorts of bizarre, gorgolye-like, allegorical forms. He's just got this very powerful imagination which goes right over the top a lot of the time. But it very seldom lies
I think Crumb is, basically he's the Bruegel of the last half of the twentieth century. I mean, there wasn't a Bruegel of the first half but there is one of the last half, and that is Robert Crumb. Because he gives you that tremendous kind of impaction of lusting, suffering, crazed humanity in sorts of bizarre, gorgolye-like, allegorical forms. He's just got this very powerful imagination which goes right over the top a lot of the time. But it very seldom lies
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I think Crumb is Basically he's the Brueghel
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of the last half of the 20th century
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There wasn't a Brueghel of the first half
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but there is one of the last half
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and that is Robert Crumb
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Because he gives you that tremendous kind of impaction
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of lusting suffering crazed humanity
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in all sorts of bizarre gargoyle like allegorical forms
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He's just got this very powerful imagination which goes right over the top a lot of the time
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But it very seldom lies
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Movie Summary
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
