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Wednesday,
October 22 at 7pm
Crumb
dir. Terry Zwigoff,
US, 1994, 35mm, 119 mins, color
Co-presented
by The Institute of Contemporary Art
Preceded at 6pm by Whenever
Wednesday R Crumb Underground Tour with Associate Curator Jenelle
Porter.
 Robert
Crumb, the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz
the Cat, was a major pioneer in the genesis of underground comix.
Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife and ex-girlfriends,
as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art,
we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious
mind. As stream-of-consciousness images incessantly flow forth
from the tip of his pen, biting social satire is revealed, often
along with a disturbing and haunting vision of Crumb's own betes
noires and inadequacies. One of those rare film experiences
that has the giddy effect of being a nightmare and a party at
the same time.
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