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| American Splendor | |||
February 11th, 2008 by
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Sick of working as a file clerk at the local VA hospital, Harvey Pekar becomes interested in writing comic books. Under the motto ‘ordinary life is pretty complex stuff’, he begins writing one with himself as the main character. Soon he will go from a cult hit to appearing on David Letterman, but all in his very own way. | ||||||||
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For me, it's a good moment when a movie you don't know anything about, surprises you in most possible ways. Not being familiar with Paul Giamatti and Harvey Pekar at the time, this was one of those movies. Combining documentary with fiction, animation with realtime and a voice over by Harvey Pekar himself, this movie doesn't want to be put in a box. The outcome is an unusual and fresh biopic. So skip all those rehashed biopics out today and check this American Splendor.
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