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American Splendor tells the story of a middle-aged man named Harvey Pekar who became a comic book writer. It tells of his journey becoming a writer, his love life, battle with cancer, and all the other things along the way.
. The film starts off at the time when a depressed Harvey worked as a file clerk and not really knowing what he was doing with his life. One day at a garage sale he meets an artist named Robert Crumb who suggests they should join forces and make a comic book. This gives Harvey something to do to make his life worth something. He ends up meeting his biggest fan (Joyce) and they end up falling in love. Soon after that he develops cancer. He eventually battles through it and in the end Harvey and Joyce adopt his friend's child.
This film is definitely not a traditional Hollywood narrative. What stands out the most to me is its Reflexivity. This is easily seen right from the beginning and throughout the whole film. The film uses techniques such as shifting......

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