Crumb - Criterion Collection Blu-Ray

Terry Zwigoff's groundbreaking 1995 film is an intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and provocative motifs have made him a well-known name in American popular art.name in American popular art. Zwigoff takes an honest and colorful look at the details of Crumb's incredible career and life, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people you will ever see on film. Crumb is at once a deeply biographical portrait, a lighthearted exploration of a man's controversial art, and a fascinating look at a troubled family—a true American original.DIRECTOR'S APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION WITH THE FOLLOWING FEATURES New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Terry Zwigoff, with uncompressed mono audio on Blu-ray Two audio commentaries, one with Zwigoff from 2010, and one with Zwigoff and critic Roger Ebert from 2006p>

More than fifty minutes of unused footage

Still image gallery

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: A new essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and artwork by Charles, Jesse, Maxon, and Robert Crumb

Cover illustration by R. Crumb