Daniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love
"I saw this at the SXSW movie festival. This movie portrays the legendary song-writer (fans of his consist of: Sonic Youth, Curt Cobain, Beck, etc.), Daniel Johnston's roller-coaster life: through his early recordings in his basement to being on MTV to his battles with manic depression(which caused him to have delusions) to his art and comics and ending up in mental hospitals. Throughout the movie the film looks at Daniel's life through friends and family. Honestly, even if you aren't a fan you'd enjoy it. Even the way it was filmed and put together is so unique it was amazing to watch. A must see for any Daniel Johnston fan."
Personally I fell in love with this. Seriously entiring the mind of this artist who is absolutely one of a kind and watch his story and see all the horrors he's been into and caused himself. And then thinking about it and relating it to my own life made the movie that more interesting. After having personally watched a family member of mine go through manic-depressive disorder and visiting them in the hospital it was like wow, it could have been much worse. It just makes me think about everything that's happened in my life growing up and it makes me realize how its shaped me into who I've become; like I'm a big slab of clay and these events have shaped me into a half done sculpture because my life was far from over. I just hope the entire world can see the finished product.
