American Splendor (2003)

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Director: Shari Springer Berman
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis
People's normal everyday lives are so fascinating you don't need to invent up fantastic stories. Harvey Pekar knew this & with the help from illustrator Robert Crumb started an underground comic called American Splendor. This film is a masterfully blended autobiography, documentary & drama comedy that is brilliantly held together by the talented Paul Giamatti.

The true story of compulsive obsessive collector & comic book legend Havey Pekar from Clevelend Ohio. We follow his lonely but fascinating life from boring File Clerk, to his marriage to Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis) & those controversial appearances on David Letterman. A revealing biopic that skillfully uses real footage & cartoon graphics to enhance the narrative.

No matter how drab or pathetic you think this guys life looks, you end up rooting for him. A pessimistic son of a bitch, who didn't have anything creative to write about so wrote about his shitty life. Keeping it real man. Funny thing was it didn't turn out that bad after all. A great insight into the life of that other guy in the phone book with the same name as you. He died on the 12th July 2010 aged 70.
RIP Harvey, you miserable old SOB... ROBDIDO