In the Realms of the Unreal
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Director Jessica Yu Show POV Episode number 5 Previous episode The Self-Made Man Country United States | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, Biography Season number 18 Air date August 2, 2005 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2004 (2004) Writer Henry Darger (writings), Jessica Yu Similar movies Related Jessica Yu movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry darger in the realms of the unreal animated paintings
In the Realms of the Unreal is a 2004 documentary film directed by Jessica Yu about American outsider artist Henry Darger (1892–1973).
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An obscure janitor during his life, Darger is known for the posthumous discovery of his elaborate 15,145-page fantasy manuscript entitled The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred watercolor paintings and other drawings illustrating the story.
The film won the National Film Board Award for Best Documentary at the 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival.
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The film's style is atypical of a documentary. Because there are only three known photographs of Darger, and because of his reclusive lifestyle, the film is mostly a narrated biographical account, accompanied by animated versions of events from his magnum opus, which is also surveyed in detail. Interviews with his few neighbors and other acquaintances are included.
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In the Realms of the Unreal WikipediaIn the Realms of the Unreal IMDb In the Realms of the Unreal themoviedb.org