tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post5144064714612884965..comments2024-03-26T20:30:14.110-07:00Comments on Cinematic Catharsis: CrumbBarry P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-33899146687542615562016-10-04T18:14:46.561-07:002016-10-04T18:14:46.561-07:00Excellent points, Steve. I agree that it would hav...Excellent points, Steve. I agree that it would have been enlightening to hear the sisters' perspective. It wouldn't surprise me if Robert left in part for the reason you cited. As with all documentaries, however, what we see on the screen is steered by the filmmaker's vision, so I suspect we rarely, if ever, get the whole picture.Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-74204561825888544892016-10-04T09:01:34.464-07:002016-10-04T09:01:34.464-07:00It took me a long time to realize that Crumb laugh...It took me a long time to realize that Crumb laughs out of nervousness, as a defense mechanism, in this film, which shades how I see him. One has to wonder why Charles, who was saying he needed help getting out of the house, was not being supported, nor his mother (whose hallucinations look like senile dementia) - was Robert's wife moving them to France to keep him from getting enmeshed? The more I think about the film, the more it seems the filmmakers steered the film away from the truth; perhaps the only ones who could say are the sisters, who refused to participate.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.com