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Article: 'Daniel Johnston' a devil of a doc.(Time Out!)(Movie critic)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 14, 2006
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Byline: Dann Gire
- It took Jeff Feuerzeig the better part of 20 years to produce his documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." It is a compassionate and eye-opening examination of an enigmatic songwriter, musician, performance artist, painter and cartoonist who suffers from manic depression, bouts of visions of grandeur and occasional satanic conspiracies.
Madness and creativity sometimes go hand in hand in the arts, in both the fine and performance kinds, and that theme constantly comes to the fore in Feuerzeig's exhaustively researched doc. It follows the fascinating - and for most mainstream audiences, unknown - story of Daniel Johnston, son of ...