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- 2004
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 21 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 21 m
Summary This explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger, a reclusive janitor by day and a visionary artist by night. (Diorama Films)
Directed By: Jessica Yu
Written By: Henry Darger, Jessica Yu
- 2004
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 21 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 21 m
In the Realms of the Unreal
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User Score
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4.8
Summary This explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger, a reclusive janitor by day and a visionary artist by night. (Diorama Films)
Directed By: Jessica Yu
Written By: Henry Darger, Jessica Yu
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
74
75% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Darger made art as if the lives of his subjects depended on it. That's how Yu has made her movie.
Yu's approach to the material is brilliant.
Yu has transferred to her superb film, the hushed awe she must have felt the day she walked into the room - and, in a sense, the mind - of this strange, singular individual.
Has an odd magic about it - the magic of Darger's singularly peculiar dreamworld.
The path taken by the film is somewhat labyrinthine and obscure, but it offers enough rewards to counterbalance its frustrations.
Documentarian Jessica Yu employs everything from animation and voiceover thesping to archival documents and eyewitness accounts while examining Henry Darger, a self-taught artist who has been posthumously lionized as a visionary genius.
Even without much in the way of hard facts, Yu makes intuitive leaps, using animated segments to bring to life Darger's work, and therefore the man - or as much of him as it is possible to fathom.
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Production Company
Cherry Sky Films,
Diorama Films,
ITVS International
Release Date Dec 22, 2004
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards
Ojai Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Vancouver International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
