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January 27, 2005
In the Realms of the Unreal - Henry Darger
UPDATE: Currently playing at CineArts at Santana Row, SJ. (Turns out our buddy Scott was Jessica's fencing instructor.)
This documentary, by Jessica Yu, is about the life and art of outsider artist Henry Darger. Everyone should see this movie (whether you're familiar with his work or not.) His story is narrated by a child, an old man, and first hand accounts of neighbors that had no idea that this poor, recluse janitor was in his one room apartment writing a 15,000 page novel with over 100 paintings depicting the child-slave rebellion of seven Vivian sisters against the godless Glandelinian army. His artwork, novel, hundreds of clippings and journals, were only discovered after his death in 1973.
It's currently playing in SF and NY, there are a few links to his artwork here.
Posted by Cherri at January 27, 2005 04:31 PM
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