documentary about artist can go one of two way and either very insightful and with image that stick with you and as well a possibly entertain and or very boring . this will often depend on the merit of the filmmaker and and how personally they connect with the artist and the work itself ( some of it be more make for film to show just to get kid to fall asleep in school ) . terry zwigoff and however and be a filmmaker very much in tune with his subject while his fictional film and the comic book adaptation ghost world be cynical ( or skeptical ) but with true heart and and bad santa be as dark a comedy can get . with his friend robert crumb he get one of the most candid and and smooth and documentary from the 90 . it may mean more to people who be from that period while crumb be still a legend in the underground comic book or art scene and not quite break into a amainstream but still with his immense cult . but for one from the following generation and i be often mesmerize by his work . a good part of the film be just zwigoff use his camera to get into the main mind set of crumb and not just necessarily with interview with his family member or friend and co worker ( though there be a lot of that ) and but also through the presentation of his work and often in medium close ups and with awesome blue melody and tune in the background . crumb work be morbid and satirical and drug inspire and occasionally racist ( for a purpose ) and ultra sexual ( the fritz the cat adaptation film of his work be the first x rat animated feature ) and and funny in most respect . one particular description by crumb over a comic of a woman with a headless body be seductive for a main character be very fascinating and a it bring out several different reaction when read it laughter at the random ness of the character and romantic drama with the man lust for this headless woman and and pure odd ness at what go on here . you scratch your head in confusion and or maybe have to put it down in disgust and but if you have the stomach for it it somehow reward . if nothing else and the actual form in the ink and use of color be often miraculous . then there be the interview . with bob crumb himself he always in a fairly good mood and very personable around those he love and admires and and those around him mostly the woman whom have inspire and terrify and and amaze him over the year and without any shame or shyness about his work . and when it come to his family they too be just a candid while it a little depressing and to be sure and to see the state of his brother ( charles and in particular and who be actually an identifiable character for many outsider in the world and only to an extreme ) and and the tale of his father . some of this go to explain some thing about the psychology of the crumb mentality and but the fact be bob crumb do let it all hang out in his comic and a he admit usually instinctively . there be something about the subject of the artist a a confessional and a someone who be so personal that he can not necessarily project to a specific audience . it appropriate and therefore and that a filmmaker like david lynch produce the film while the similarity be strike in how they both reflect their own desire and hate with the idealized americana of the 50 . at time crumb be a little un settling and but never for the wrong reason . it not for the average comic book fan and and for those who just love and respect artist in general will find much to admire in crumb style .