The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

7.9/10   

Regisseur:

Jeff Feuerzeig

Drehbuchautor:

Jeff Feuerzeig (writer)

Premierendatum:

5. Mai 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Dokumentation | Biografie | Musik

Plot:

Daniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love. |

Plot Keywords:

Bipolar Disorder | Father Son Relationship | McDonald's Restaurant | Interview | Brother Sister Relationship

Auszeichnungen:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

fantastic study of mental illness, and our desire to romanticise

Besetzung

Daniel Johnston	...	Himself
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Laurie Allen	...	Herself
Brian Beattie	...	Himself
Louis Black	...	Himself
David Fair	...	Himself
Jad Fair	...	Himself
Don Goede	...	Himself
Matt Groening	...	Himself
Gibby Haynes	...	Himself
Bill Johnston	...	Himself
Dick Johnston	...	Himself
Mabel Johnston	...	Herself
Margie Johnston	...	Herself
Sally Johnston-Reid	...	Herself
Ken Lieck	...	Himself
Kathy McCarty	...	Herself
Freddie Mercury	...	Himself (archive footage)
Thurston Moore	...	Himself
Jason Nightmare	...	Himself
John Pochna	...	Himself
Jeff Tartakov	...	Himself
David Thornberry	...	Himself
Peter Zaremba	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug content, and language including a sexual reference.

Länge:

110 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Ireland:15A | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A

Drehorte:

Austin, Texas, USA

Firma:

Complex Corporation

Dialogzitate:

Daniel Johnston: I never met a girl I didn't meet.

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf Frankenstein (1931)

Soundtrack:

Funeral Home

fantastic study of mental illness, and our desire to romanticise

I watched this knowing that I am not a big fan of the music of Daniel Johnston, but found it ceaselessly moving and fascinating. No just because of Daniel's unstoppable creativity and heartbreaking slump into ever increasing circles of mental illness, but because of the honesty of people around him. Saying that they were scared, that they just wanted him to go to hospital and get better, the truth... I really thought this film would be a bog standard "worship the romantic tortured genius" thing, but it actually gave you a really authentic feeling of how terrifying and uncontrollable mental illness truly is. Also, let's see more Daniel Johnston cartoons, the bit with the eye ball flying out of the head on the stack of comic books was absolute genius.