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Ghost World
Why this pick
Zwigoff carries Crumb’s fascination with misfit American lives into fiction: deadpan observation, uncomfortable humor, and deep sympathy for people who seem stranded outside the mainstream.
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MOVIE1994 1h 59m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Why this pick
Its archival collage and candid portrait of a singular underground artist echo Crumb’s mix of creative fascination, family tension, dark humor, and emotional unease.
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Gates of Heaven
Why this pick
Morris’s compassionate, deadpan attention to idiosyncratic people and their earnest beliefs offers the same pleasure Crumb does: revealing whole inner worlds without condescension.
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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Why this pick
Though more conventionally shaped, it shares Crumb’s delight in obsessive subcultures and flawed personalities, balancing absurd humor with genuine feeling for its fiercely driven subjects.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert Hughes
Himself