This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Daniel JohnstonSelf
- Bill JohnstonSelf
- Margie JohnstonSelf
- Mabel JohnstonSelf
- Jeff TartakovSelf
- Kathy McCartySelf
- Dick JohnstonSelf
- Laurie AllenSelf
- Sally Johnston ReidSelf
- Gibby HaynesSelf
Crew
- Jeff FeuerzeigDirector
- Jeff FeuerzeigWriter
- Fortunato ProcopioDirector of Photography
- Tyler HubbyEditor
- Henry S. RosenthalProducer
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