{5\/5} “Man, she’s got good lookin’ handwritin’.”<\/p>\n
Harvey Pekar is a file clerk who likes jazz and comics. After his friend Bob Crumb becomes a comic book writer and illustrator, Harvey decides to try it himself. He can’t draw, but Bob and others illustrate his stories for him. Harvey’s comics have no superheroes — they’re based on real life. He isn’t able to quit his day job but he does make a name for himself in the world of underground comics. After he exchanges letters with a fan, Joyce, he invites her to come visit him.<\/p>\n
American Splendor<\/strong> was released in 2003. It’s based on a comic book, which is based on a true story. The story of the movie is occasionally interrupted with the real Harvey Pekar on screen.<\/p>\n This movie is absolutely fascinating. It’s about Harvey’s life as a gloomy person, his friends, and his breaking into the comic business. As Harvey observes, “Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”<\/p>\n I looked Harvey up, and he has died since the movie was made.<\/p>\n The music is catchy jazz.<\/p>\n Paul Giamatti (Win Win<\/strong><\/a>) plays Harvey and is, of course, perfect for the role. Hope Davis (Arlington Road<\/strong><\/a>) plays Joyce — she’s always great, but here she gets to play a delightfully quirky character.<\/p>\n The movie was directed by writing and directing partners Shari Springer Berman and\u00a0Robert Pulcini (The Nanny Diaries<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" {5\/5} “Man, she’s got good lookin’ handwritin’.” Harvey Pekar is a file clerk who likes jazz and comics. After his friend Bob Crumb becomes a comic book writer and illustrator, Harvey decides to try it himself. He can’t draw, but Bob and others illustrate his stories for him. Harvey’s comics have no superheroes — they’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,15,6,5],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","tag-comedy","tag-drama","tag-movie","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1888,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}