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Barbaric Genius

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John Healy evolves from a street mugger and drunk to a chess champion and award-winning author, then a single act brings him crashing down again.

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) [Convinces] us of an obscured talent whose lack of exposure remains something of a mystery. Rated: 3/5 May 25, 2012 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian The film skirts around his emotional life, but it's a gripping study. Rated: 4/5 May 24, 2012 Full Review Antonia Quirke Financial Times This is a sad film about the fate of the writer John Healy, who survived a brutal childhood and spent the whole of the 1960s drunk in the parks of London's Camden Town. Rated: 3/5 May 24, 2012 Full Review Joseph Walsh CineVue The films overall structure and a number of holes in the story tremendously weaken Duane's documentary. Rated: 2/5 Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) Fascinating. May 28, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis John Healy evolves from a street mugger and drunk to a chess champion and award-winning author, then a single act brings him crashing down again.
Director
Paul Duane
Producer
Paul Duane, Mary Carson
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 20, 2014
Runtime
1h 14m
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