In the Realms of the Unreal

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Audience Member Fascinating look at a clearly ill person who lived a life in total seclusion and made some insane art. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing documentary, a must see, i loved it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A fascinating examination of Henry Darger that is inventive and tells a really great story and only really stumbles when it tries to tell maybe an hour's worth of story in an hour and twenty minutes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member good interesting doc Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A mentally challenged World War l veteran wrote a 15,000 page novel in his room over the course of decades. A fascinating look at "feeble-mindedness", outsider art, religion, and ignorance. Simultaneously endearing and creepy. Obsessed with young girls and children because he was severely abused as a child, he wrote and illustrated a world where the villains hate children and Christianity. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Documentary on Henry Darger, the reclusive Chicago janitor who secretly wrote a slightly insane 15,000 page novel about a child slave rebellion mixing the Civil War, Christianity and children's fantasy stories, illustrated by hundreds of incredibly detailed full size paintings. A solid introduction to Darger, whose utterly unique and slightly disturbing oeuvre has made him the poster boy for the outsider artist. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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