Movies with Bill Griffith
Movies found: 3, viewing from 1 to 3
Comic Book Confidential
Genres: History, Documentary
Starring: Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Bill Griffith, Robert Crumb, Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe
Directors: Ron Mann
Country: USA, Canada
Year: 1988
In the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages, readings and interviews, this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great talents like Jack Kirby and hitting its first artistic zenith with Will Eisner's "Spirit". It then shifts to the post war comics world with the rising popularity of crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics under the editorshiop of W...
Crumb
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Starring: Bill Griffith, Robert Hughes, Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Martin Muller
Directors: Terry Zwigoff
Country: USA
Year: 1994
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role 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. As his acid-trip ind...
It Came from Kuchar
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Starring: Buck Henry, John Waters, B. Ruby Rich, Atom Egoyan, George Kuchar, Mike Kuchar, Wayne Wang
Directors: Jennifer M. Kroot
Country: USA
Year: 2009
The definitive documentary about the zany, underground filmmaking twins, George and Mike Kuchar.