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Devil and
Daniel Johnston |
| Cast |
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Daniel Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Bill
Johnston, Kathy McCarty, Jeff Tartakov,
Gibby Haynes, Jad Fair, David Fair,
Matt Groening |
| Producer |
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Henry S Rosenthal |
| Director |
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Jeff Feuerzeig |
| Genre |
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Documentary, Music |
| Duration |
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109 mins |
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| Portrait of a manic-depressive genius
singer, songwriter and artist, Daniel Johnston.
As a reclusive teenager, Johnston began showing
signs of unusual artistic ability. He religiously
recorded his thoughts and stories onto cassette
tapes, directed intuitive Super-8 films starring
his siblings, and created expressive comic book-style
drawings in the basement of his family's home. In
the eyes of his fundamentalist Christian family,
however, he simply wasn't contributing to society
in a useful or productive way. After running off
and joining a carnival, Johnston landed in Austin,
Texas, broke and alone. It was there he began to
hone his musical career, recording folk songs on
a series of homemade, lo-fi cassettes, which Daniel
handed out free to fans, friends and journalists
in the early '80s. Ultimately, he managed to secure
a brief spotlight on MTV with the help of a timely
break. Just as he was beginning to make a local
name for himself, however, Johnston's inner demons
began to surface. His portrait serves as clear depiction
of one artist's balancing act between brilliance
and madness a life marked by wild fluctuations,
numerous downward spirals, and periodic respites. |
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