Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital. |
Performer |
Narration by Larry Pine, Dakota Fanning. |
Credits |
Music by Jeff Beal ; cinematographers, Tim Bieber, Russell Harper, Michael Barrow, Shana Hagan ; animators, Andrew Brandou ... [et al.] ; animation producer, Kara Vallow ; written, edited, produced and directed by Jessica Yu. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 2004. |
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. |
Note |
Special features: photo gallery ; storyboards ; filmographies ; trailer gallery ; theatrical trailer ; interview with Jessica Yu. |
Language |
English dialogue. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Darger, Henry, 1892-1973.
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Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Outsider art -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Documentary films.
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Added Author |
Yu, Jessica.
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Darger, Henry, 1892-1973.
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Pine, Larry.
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Fanning, Dakota, 1994-
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Beal, Jeff, 1963-
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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 |
Standard No. |
720917545820 |
Music No. |
FLV5458 Wellspring Media |
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