In the Realms of the Unreal
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Cast & Crew
Jessica Yu
Dakota Fanning
Larry Pine
Michael Barrow
Jeff Beal
Tim Bieber
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Synopsis
An innovative masterpiece that literally gives wings to one man's singular vision of an imaginary world. Henry Darger lived a reclusive life and died alone in a Catholic mission in 1973. For more than 60 years, he created a massive literary and graphic body of work, including The Realms of the Unreal, an epic, fifteen-thousand-page novel with hundreds of paintings that recounts the wars between nations on an enormous unnamed planet. Darger's keen sense of composition and vivid colors allowed him to create incredibly intense and beautiful illustrations which are often disturbingly violent. Consciously excluding art experts and psychologists, Yu presents impressions of Darger's work only from the people who knew him, letting the audience make up their own minds about the man. The film cleverly parallels his real life with his fantasies, making the oddness of his fantasy world more accessible.
Director
Jessica Yu
Crew
Michael Barrow
Jeff Beal
Tim Bieber
Karen Carter
Shana Hagan
Russ Harper
Joan Huang
Kara Vallow
Susan West
Jessica Yu
Jessica Yu
Jessica Yu
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Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States January 21, 2005
Released in United States on Video June 21, 2005
Released in United States Winter December 22, 2004
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 15-25, 2004.
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 15-25, 2004.)
Released in United States January 21, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video June 21, 2005
Released in United States Winter December 22, 2004
