| Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital; letterbox presentation. |
| Performer |
Voice of Henry Darger, Larry Pine ; narrator, Dakota Fanning. |
| Credits |
Animation producer, Kara Vallow ; cinematography, Tim Bieber, Russell Harper, Michael Barrow, Shana Hagan ; animation, Andrew Brandou, Peter Ehrlich, Britt Ehringer, Matthew Gadbois ; consultant, Kiyoko Lerner ; research, Ron Forsythe, Elise Pearlstein, Kris Schiefele ; online editing and digital transfers, Thom Whitehead, Paif of Hands ; music, Jeff Beal. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 2004. |
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Special features: photo gallery ; storyboards ; director's filmography ; trailer gallery ; interview with Jessica Yu. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Henry Darger, an elderly recluse, spent his childhood in an Illinois asylum for feeble-minded children and his adulthood working as a janitor. He lived a quiet, nearly solitary existence, but his imaginary life was exciting, colorful and sexually provocative. When he died in Chicago in 1973, his landlady discovered in his room 300 paintings, some over 10 feet long, and a 15,000 page illustrated novel (The realms of the unreal), which told the epic story of the virtuous Vivian Girls, seven angelic sisters who lead a rebellion against godless, child-enslaving men. Darger's work is now show in galleries around the world. |
| Awards |
Winner, best documentary, Vancouver Film Festival. |
| Subject |
Darger, Henry, 1892-1973.
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Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography -- Videodiscs.
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Outsider art -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Videodiscs.
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Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Darger, Henry, 1892-1973.
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Yu, Jessica.
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West, Susan.
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Pine, Larry.
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Fanning, Dakota, 1994-
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Beal, Jeff.
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Diorama Films.
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Independent Television Service.
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Wellspring Media.
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| Added Title |
Mystery of Henry Darger |
| ISBN |
0794205755 |
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9780794205751 |
| Standard No. |
720917545820 |
| Music No. |
FLV5458 Wellspring |
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